The Stoic And Online Etiquette

I was on a certain website recently and decided to troll members of the opposition. I took their opinion and fed it back to them in its most extreme incarnation. I presented myself as a political commisar enforcing an absurdity. I was effective. I silenced people. I stayed up until 2 a.m.

That's a problem.

Tonight I was playing a simulation (it simulates something I do in real life). There was a competition involved. There are people competing in it who have been competing every night for ten years. They are very impressed with themselves and they insulted me. I responded in kind. Effectively. More effectively than them. Edit: No I didn't. I ignored them, got angry and tossed out an effective one-liner. They left me alone after that. It was ONE LINE. I'm aggrandizing myself here. It was satisfying.

Then it wasn't.

What kind of Stoic am I if I spend my time in the dirt with everybody else? Shouldn't I pull myself out of the dirt, and then turn around and help my brothers and sisters out of the dirt?

I need to work this out. Time for a new project.