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Sometimes gracefully, sometimes bashfully, sometimes, if they are disingenuous, I react negatively because I am an outspoken person. I've never run into 'manipulative flattery' on the internet. I really can't make that call on a computer screen, but in 'offline' situations, I don't let people blow smoke up my butt.