Stop Coding Toxicity as Chemistry

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When water and heat meet, their subsequent reaction results in the sublimation of the water into steam. Is there chemistry there? Of course. Is it a good reaction? Not if we’re basing the result on the water dissipating into nothing.

A toxic dynamic is no different. Just because two people have chemistry, or WE believe there is chemistry, does not mean that the relationship is worth pursuing. In fact…