How do you avoid people you dislike here? And in real life?

Refrain from commenting on what they say. I prefer for the people I dislike to not know I do

Ignore them. Make them feel unloved, unwanted. Make them feel less then human by not even giving them the time of day. So that their existence feels trivial to them. Soon, if this person is as bad as annoying to others, those others will do the same making that feeling of unimportance deepen until the person submerges him or herself into a pit of depression, self-loathing and loneliness.

You underestimate the power of the darkside young Skywalker.

No block feature here, eh?

I usually avoid any thread they are on. If not, I might give snarky answers to them, and I don’t like myself when I do that.

I try hard not to give into the “avoidance” impulse. When I find myself disliking someone, that’s a signal to me that I should probably get to know them better. I can pretty much always find something I like about them if I stay with it long enough and keep my own anger at bay.

@Harp If you can do that, then that’s amazing. Other than Mother Theresa and a handful of other Saints I can think of offhand – I would say it is next to impossible. But I don’t know you, and I give you the benefit of the doubt.

:-)

I dislike people that link to porn. See above

People i dislike usually have enough common sense to stay away from me.

I agree with Harp in that I don’t avoid people. I can also say I don’t dislike anyone here either. How can you dislike what you don’t really know? There are some people, though, who are seriously wrong and I am not shy about explaining the errors in their responses. lol

If I run up against someone who becomes rude and nasty, I get a giggle out of going logical (ok maybe sarcastic) and driving them crazy. I certainly don’t take namecalling personally so that pretty much defeats their purpose.

“Speak softly and carry a big stick”...Learn how to defend yourself against them then blow the S.O.B. out of the water.

@Harp

Spoken like the Dalai Lama! Lurve :)

I wrote a firefox extension to remove people I don’t like. But I have only added a few names to it.

If someone rubs me the wrong way, I try and figure out why. Is it an isolated incident or do they always try and be an ass? If it’s a one time thing, I try and GA and comment on something they said so they understand it’s not personal. If they really are a jerk, I do my best to ignore them. I’m not always successful at holding my tongue because I am extremely emotional. I’m working on that. I don’t have the memory power to hold grudges.

I guess I don’t understand the point of avoiding people you don’t like.