I don't find it easy at all, I think your patience is impressive. I remember spending a lot of time engaging earnestly with one user, trying to make them wrap their head around the concept of "source critique" to make them understand why they couldn't just skim wikipedia and call it a day. They did all the bad faith lib debatelord stuff that you run into and it just never stopped.
That interaction was kinda it for me, after that I just can't be bothered to be as nice and calm as you.

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago

I'm not really engaging earnestly with them. I go through the motions fully expecting nothing. I do this because one, it exposes them for lurkers and two, on very rare occasions it sets a person on the path to deprogramming.

The appearance of earnest engagement is just an aesthetic I pull off because it is necessary to achieve both of the above outcomes. Authenticity is the quality I am for but deep down I am jaded and bored of doing this all the time. However I can never bring myself to stop, not given that I've seen first hand the creation of new comrades from it.