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How to stop engaging in pointless arguments with strangers online

I argue with strangers online about things that do not affect my actual life and I always feel worse afterward but I keep doing it.

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The illusion of digital combat provides meaning where purpose is absent.

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“Where Are You with Internet addiction and problematic use?”

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