You can't insist someone ignores you. The onus is on you. You make things worse for yourself by constantly rising to his baiting. It's hard but not impossible to "ignore" him, but it starts by NOT RESPONDING TO HIM WHEN HE BAITS YOU, or if you do, do so in a jokey way that doesn't make it look as if you're getting all butthurt. Honestly, if you let him he'll keep, as you said yourself, poking the bear. Just concentrate on other things. If he posts to you, choose not to respond. It can work. Or (and this is, I admit, something of a mad idea) maybe try not taking everything so personally. Might help. All you're doing here, as I'm sure you know, is making a fool of yourself. Add fuel to the fire and it'll keep burning; starve it and it may go out, or at least burn down lower.
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