Comment on Don't waste your time debating them just keep away from them
U7826391786239@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
verywellmind.com/energy-vampires-characteristics-…
you need to get rid of the feeling that you have to be polite and accommodating to toxic people. turn around and walk away in the middle of their sentence. of course they’ll complain about you to other people, but they were going to do that anyway, and anyone who’s worth your time will know to flush whatever the toxic person says down the shitter
TheDoozer@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Back when I was at university, I was in the band, and there was one guy in my section that was super annoying, and who couldn’t talk with a person without squaring up to them (and then talking at them).
One time my best friend (also in the section), in the middle of the guy’s sentence with a bored expression on her face just… turns and walks away as if he had stopped speaking.
The rest of us were thinking “wait… we can do that? I didn’t realize that was an option.”