"your mother was a lizard"

that has to be the perfect retort to any insult. and boy, are there a lot of those on the internet. it reminds me of the adage:

"arguing online is like competing in the special olympics... even if you win, you're still retarded."

i guess it's nice that even the most ignorant of people are able to spread their venom. i think, though, the less credence i give to retards, the better.

i don't know if it's going to church every sunday and hearing the pastor speak about love, or hearing that silly bank commercial on tv that plays the beatles' "all you need is love" jingle, or just all the shit in the world right now, but i'm thinking, if someone wants to be idiotic, why am i going to let it get me bent out of shape? why would i waste energy being pissed at someone? i mean, are there really enough hours in my day to get angry at people who i don't even know? particularly people online?

we (as in people) really seem to be a hateful bunch. i'll hold my hand up first on that. i certainly have anger issues. and it's amusing how much vitrol people spew online - it doesn't matter if i go to a dem site or a pub site - everyone's spending so much time knocking other people down.

don't get me wrong - i can knock down with the best of them. but then what? do i get an 'online special olympics award' for schooling someone who's not even worth my breath? have i made some point because i punked a punk? it's not worth arguing with a retard because the only way to beat a retarded person is to be more retarded.

better just to look and laugh. observe it with one brow raised, the way i'd observe a bratty kid who's having a temper tantrum in the store. or better yet, maybe i just won't look at all.