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Keyboard Warriors, Please Hydrate!

Keyboard Warriors, Please Hydrate!

A bit of advice for the frantically posting.

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Feb 21, 2025
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I know these are crazy times. And I know that folks are out there busily posting memes, articles, links, research, counter-research, jeremiads and all the rest.

I realize that it’s nice to know that our posts, or our courageous counterpoint to those we consider our enemies, are the things standing between health, happiness and freedom and the end of life as we know it.

I know I’m throwing stones in a glass house here. I do love posting fun links and I adore some of the memes that I find.

That said, allow me to make a couple of suggestions for keyboard warriors of every stripe. Think of me as your team doctor!

Here goes:

Hydrate! That energy drink, coffee, or soda is just going to make you dehydrated as you race across the keyboard typing your views and frantically search for the latest news or expose.

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