2025 bumper sticker: 'Don't feed the troll'
Olaf Scholz. But last week, he said something truly worthy of Confucius: 'Don't feed the troll.' Elon Musk has been on a spree of insults targeting him ('fool', 'Oaf Schitz') and other fellow Social Democrat politicians in Germany. Yes, surprise, surprise, Trump's CEO isn't a big fan of centre-left thinking and has been voicing/X-ing support for Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.
Scholz's uber-cool response: ignore the barbs — 'Don't feed the troll.' Wiser words, especially since the advent of social media and Musk, were never uttered.
When you enter the wilds of social media, DFT a.k.a. 'Don't feed the troll' is a cardinal rule — unless you're a troll yourself in need of feeding. Trolls, of course, are those charming individuals who seem to derive pleasure from sowing discord and spreading vitriol, like digital gremlins lurking under the bridges of our online communities.
Yes, the instinctive urge is to dive into battle. But hold your fire, ye digital warrior. Engaging with a troll is like wrestling with a pig — you both get dirty, but the pig likes it.
So, DFT. Simply starve them of the one thing they crave most: acknowledegment. Scroll past their bait like it's yesterday's president — or chancellor, if that's your target of choice.
