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This Guy Receives A Racist Message, Responds With A Compliment And Gets An Apology
Over the course of years, many conducted studies have shown that social media can be quite harmful to one’s mental health. It’s not so hard to see why – when millions of angry people are suddenly given the platform to express their raw feelings, things can get pretty ugly. Today, no one is immune from receiving hateful and toxic messages and a Twitter user Abdul Dremali, a marketing consultant from Boston, is no exception. “I get pretty rude messages very often. I’m fortunate to have a large social media following and with that large audience comes a lot of haters. It’s just part of the game,” he told Bored Panda.
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However, Abdul found a unique way to deal with people insulting him online. “I came up with the idea to just be overly kind as an experiment. Years of constantly getting defensive when someone insults you get tiring so I made a game out of it. It’s served me well because it eliminates any animosity. It ends up being funny regardless because I dismiss their hostility entirely.” he said. One conversation he had perfectly demonstrates this experiment. After receiving a hateful message Abdul responded with a compliment and changed the tone of the conversation, which ended with wishing each other goodnight like friends. “I’ve never talked to that guy again. I think he changed his username because millions of people saw him being racist. Probably a smart move on his part,” he added.
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Amy Ritter 5 years ago
is no one else impressed that he managed to score the twitter handle Advil?
Night Owl 5 years ago (edited)
It really fits him. Edit: I just checked - Twitter was founded on March 21, 2006 and he joined April 2008. I guess it was still the early days and he had more options for it than someone joining today.
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Amina Hays 5 years ago
I've been doing this in response to racist remarks for years. I, however, do not have a large online following and have been doing it in person, which makes it even more awkward for the person doing the insulting. It's brilliant to see them crumble into apologies. Mwahahaha.
Kristina White 5 years ago
I did tech support in a call center for years and any time someone called and was really angry or rude I always made a game for myself out of it, that by the end of the call they would love me. Worked 99% of the time.
Meowton Mewsk 5 years ago
I don’t ever yell at people on the phone, but I do feel like I get bad customer service at call centers a lot. I wish more call center employees put in as much effort as you did. Then again, I guess the pay isn’t much incentive. As far as I’ve heard anyway.
Load More Replies... Amy Ritter 5 years ago
is no one else impressed that he managed to score the twitter handle Advil?
Night Owl 5 years ago (edited)
It really fits him. Edit: I just checked - Twitter was founded on March 21, 2006 and he joined April 2008. I guess it was still the early days and he had more options for it than someone joining today.
Load More Replies... Amina Hays 5 years ago
I've been doing this in response to racist remarks for years. I, however, do not have a large online following and have been doing it in person, which makes it even more awkward for the person doing the insulting. It's brilliant to see them crumble into apologies. Mwahahaha.
Kristina White 5 years ago
I did tech support in a call center for years and any time someone called and was really angry or rude I always made a game for myself out of it, that by the end of the call they would love me. Worked 99% of the time.
Meowton Mewsk 5 years ago
I don’t ever yell at people on the phone, but I do feel like I get bad customer service at call centers a lot. I wish more call center employees put in as much effort as you did. Then again, I guess the pay isn’t much incentive. As far as I’ve heard anyway.
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