Here’s how I stay happy.
One, I moved to Thailand. Sounds like a joke, but I really do think it’s one of the big factors. The environment in Taiwan is too frantic. Before I left Taiwan I was seeing a psychiatrist and taking anti-anxiety medication.
Two, separation of tasks. How a troll on the internet talks is their task. The mouth is on their face, I have no right to interfere with them. How I reply to them is my task, because anything I say online affects my reputation. If it does nothing for my reputation, I’d rather not reply.
Three, if I really want to reply, I reply once, and not at the person yelling. I write it for the other people passing by, and I point out that person’s logical error clearly and rationally. When two people argue online, it’s almost impossible for one side to convince the other. Nobody concedes. So what I’m doing is persuading the jury, not persuading the opponent.
Four, they replied again, do I have to reply? No. No bystander juror is going to expand a thread past the first round. Replying again won’t convince them and won’t win over the bystanders either. It just wastes time and grinds me down. On a rational level the expected value is negative.
So if it’s the person who never clicked the link, I might only reply: “See the excerpt from the original. If it’s too long, ask an AI to summarize it. I suggest reading it closely before replying.” That’s enough. It keeps a boundary between us, and in the bystanders’ eyes we have the upper hand. If they come back for a second round I ignore them. They didn’t pay me tuition, I don’t need to educate them for free.
Personal opinion, for whatever it’s worth.