When chud relatives of mine pulled the “just joking while being a bigot/creep/asshole” thing, the best response that shut them up the most (not always, but most reliably) was making this face: . In anti-narcissist circles, it’s called grey rocking.
That’s how I shut my dad down when he starts his racist bullshit baiting for a response. It works better than arguing and has the benefit of requiring next to no effort.
When chud relatives of mine pulled the “just joking while being a bigot/creep/asshole” thing, the best response that shut them up the most (not always, but most reliably) was making this face:
. In anti-narcissist circles, it’s called grey rocking.
Yessssss letting people sit in the discomfort
That’s how I shut my dad down when he starts his racist bullshit baiting for a response. It works better than arguing and has the benefit of requiring next to no effort.