Recognizing Mood Alteration

Really whenever we feel this sense, our mood being altered by a meme, that should be our first indication that something funny is going on. And something potentially bad is going on. So with the Alaska thing and basically, well, by now we know that anything emanating from MAGA, Donald, or any of those people around him, like Lindsey Graham and all that, whenever they affect our mood positively, we need to be on guard. Yeah. And usually when they affect us negatively, that is when we should do our best, and I try to do my best, I don’t always succeed, in avoiding amplifying the nonsense, whatever the particular mood-altering nonsense they’re purveying is.

Source: Podcast Alaska Trolls

The practical early warning system. The moment you feel your mood shifting — whether positively OR negatively — that’s the signal to raise your troll radar. Avoid amplifying the nonsense.

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