like say on a reddit post where the original post gets deleted by the mods after you've replied, and then someone starts a walrus line of "debate" against your reply.
thats when its gold, like its mm so good. Just be earnest let it play out, take a friendly inquisitive tone back, let them forget that literally there is no audience they're playing to, no one to win over, you're mutually wasting each others time, the thread is already deleted, the door is barred. Its just you two sending messages back and forth and its time for you to craft the fine dinner of hellthread for two.
it puts the lotion on the skin, or else it gets replied again.