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Small-Scale Question Sunday for June 18, 2023

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May I get the Voice of the People on this:

Am I in fact a Thundering Bitch?

I'm currently having a kerfuffle with an absolute infant elsewhere (claims to be a rough, tough, absolutist monarchist; gets their knickers in a twist when faced with some very mild 'this is what absolutism in practice would look like') and really the bad effect of German philosophers on the growing mind, I blame Thomas Carlyle for being a gateway drug, Protect Our Kids Now!

But aside from that, I'm enjoying myself way too much teasing them and they are currently frothing at the mouth. I should stop it. I will stop it. So long as they don't yap some more little ankle-biting miniature dog yaps at me.

But am I a bitch? Be frank, be honest, be as Absolutist Monarchist as you wish!

If it's the sort of place where people are making fun of each other all the time, then no.

If it's your nephew on Facebook or something, then yes.

Anyway, how did it end up? Did they give up and go to eat or something?

They sort of stopped with a final insult and I left it at that.

It amused me more than anything, and that's the danger signal for me. If I get really mad, I'm liable to steam in with both fists swinging and pick up a warning pretty quickly.

But when it's 'twelve year old in the schoolyard' level insults, that makes me find it funny to poke at them. Like a cat playing with a mouse. Not very nice on my part. I should just depart with my head held high trailing clouds of dignity as I mount my high horse to head for the moral high ground, but ... "will this silly person keep calling me names and for how long?" is too too tempting.

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