text: It's an idea, but I also have to put it up against the idea of ignoring people--which I have some objection to since I've been in some communication with Pan for a long time already. I have been in several unpleasant situations where people found ignoring other people was acceptable while I found it ugly, like shunning. I tend to live in hope that there must surely be ways of communicating with anyone; that is foolishness, I know, but I will likely die trying because I value attending to others a lot. It does, also, allow other people to carry on conversations at times while I distract the distractor. I've also walked away from a few lately.
  
  
  I also don't always like letting comments stand unanswered when a response--while irritating to some--also lets the infrequent reader know that there is likely to be a response to the gibberish some people post. I am currently settled on the solution that a couple of people have mentioned, which is to give a few tries before calling it good.