@Aphelion : You're right. There's a poem at the end below if you click "Read more" and scroll down.

Others: No, the poem isn't AI. Nor is the illustration. It's getting old to be asked that repeatedly. The poem was composed a decade ago in a text message debate about how to respond to an abuse situation. It was extemporaneous and simply typed out in seconds.

I'm an autistic who happens to be able to do that regardless of #autism. An objective friend told me that my circuits had been scrambled in the situation that the poem alludes to. Anyway, the rhymes simply started in 2012. Aphelion : Now you know a bit of the history behind my doggerel.

@LoganFive : I understand that the poll is intended to be tongue in cheek or light in tone. However, you've touched on a topic that could help victims of #abuse and other crimes if it's explored a little. I hope that you won't mind if I do so.

I'm unable to select just one option from the survey list because the most productive path varies. This said, it isn't solely to meditate or to seek therapy or to pray or other steps which set aside the falsehoods that somebody has told and the damage that they've done.

In my case, not damage just to me personally. In the past 1.5 decades I've stumbled into situations where what's happened to me happens to others as well. I believe that steps need to be taken in situations that affect the general public.

But some of the alternatives listed in the survey might be seen as ill-mannered. They will certainly get one talked about, but I no longer care about that. The correct answer, I think, is to address situations on a case by case basis.

If somebody is simply mentally ill or different and poor conduct isn't willful, one should proceed in a positive spirit. This shouldn't be somebody that one feels the need to hate. I've succeeded in the "friends" approach multiple times in this context.

If somebody is an attorney, and one digs a bit, it sometimes turns out that they're trading sexual favors for legal services. Or they're not properly licensed. Or they've assumed that other rules don't apply to them. I've actually managed to notch the jobs of a few attorneys. Not nearly enough, but it's a positive delight when something turns up.

Or, if somebody lives in a small town, one can snail-mail colorful postcards to one-quarter to one-half of the residents depending on different factors. The attached illustration is from one of the postcards that I've sent myself. It's colorful enough that it was guaranteed people would read the other side. Others: No, the illustration isn't GenAI. Stop asking that.

And one can write a book. I helped a friend in #PTSD to do that 5 years ago. The PTSD was related to abuse. If somebody expresses interest, I'll post a link to the book.

The book was decades overdue and so was the police report that my PTSD friend ultimately made at my suggestion. But my friend felt so much better after these two steps. So, actually, add a book and a police report to the list.

One of the most colorful people in the book, a grifter with an epic past, left us voicemail threatening us with "the police" for telling her part of the story. This has become a bit of a martial art for me. Often what one should do is turn things right around. In this instance, I posted the voicemail that the woman had left us with some notes related to her past. Boy, she shut up right quick.

And one can write a poem. Here is one of mine. It's from my chapbook, #CoderSongs. This is part of a debate in text messages related to retaliation. Victor's position was that one can make the "choice" not to retaliate.

Others: Once again, this isn't #LLM output. Nor is the illustration GenAI output. Please stop asking.

It's time for CoderSongs
Rhymes that you adore
Doggerel that famous belongs
Woof! Dogs bark for more!

DO NOT THEIR CHOICES TAKE

<OldCoder> Did you arrive safely?
<Victor> I did
<OldCoder> This is because you made the choice not to be attacked by bandits. It is a sensible choice.
<Victor> I be­lieve I tried to be in moment

1. If in the moment means float
float is good for a boat
but do not talk by rote

2. The world is both us and others
You can choose your brothers
but choices too they must make
even if it is in Hell to bake
You must not from them their choices take

3. If in the fire lake they wish to bake
do not their choices take
Let them choose and then awake

4. Their choices are theirs and theirs alone
It's time now to hang up the phone