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Also, without the verbal intonation of speech it can be quite difficult to not misinterpret the emotional sentiment of what's written online. It's for that reason emojis were invented and are useful.

Key & Peele have a good comedy sketch covering that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naleynXS7yo (NSFW language)

That's a hilarious sketch. Thanks for sharing :D

What's the correct response to "justify your existence" from someone listing their location as the next town over and with a profile pic showing themself holding multiple guns?

Nothing, probably. Unless you're really into guns and want to know how well they like their Glock 17.

And remember that, sometimes, leaving a conversation is the best thing you can do for yourself.

Yeah. If you don't like a response don't respond back to it. On the internet there's no requirement to.