A stranger’s comment online has the weight of one sentence from someone who doesn’t know you. Weigh it like that.

Comments arrive stripped of everything that would tell you how much to care. In person you would see who said it and what kind of day they were having. Online that is missing, so a throwaway line can land like a verdict from someone who knows your whole life.

Next time one gets to you, name who actually wrote it: a stranger, in a hurry, who has never been in a room with you. Then decide whether that person deserves the next hour of your head.