I don't get the hate on this and why everyone is saying "mean doesn't exist, people are just telling you things you don't want to hear"... like what?! Your post isn't talking about that, your post was talking about when people are genuinely a dick. I think you just activated a part of these guys childhood by saying "mean", which is a rather child-like word that "victims"/soft people use a lot to describe whenever someone tells them something they don't want to hear. "Rude" might have been a better word, but I'll never understand why people can't set aside their emotions to take things at face value (hint: it's because of their ego!)

I fully agree with you and this post. And there's noting wrong with killing em with kindness. Don't overdo it, but lightly responding back kindly if it fits and sitting back and being unaffected by them is the godliest self righteous thing you can do. It's the healthiest thing to do.