Clearing the baffles

Not to be confused with the submarine trick of the same name, clearing the baffles is an autonym statement in that, not only is it easily confused with another technique, but the meaning is contrary to it's intent: it's intended to baffle individuals rather than clearing anything up. Like the submarine technique, it is designed to stop people from being able to 'follow' you and determine anything, either via the use of depth charging, squeaking or similar techniques.

Usage
In order to clear the baffles, you must first detect if a depth charging or squeaking attempt is occurring. These are usually involving posts that are trying to provoke a reaction. Stonewalling these will not work, as the absence of a response classically indicates avoidance behaviour (utilised by psychopathic individuals who are smart enough not to say any lies they could be caught out in).

Clearing the baffles requires you self-control your reactions (EG keep calm, change your mood) before responding to a given attempt.

For example, say you had an emotional fear of spiders, and someone kept posting pictures of spiders to spook you, your reaction wouldn't be to say "stop posting that" (because it's a "squeak" and lets the troll know you don't like that behaviour), but to react in a way that confuses, for example, nonchalantly "that's a nice spider pic, got any more?".

Both using positive and negative reactions to an event causes cognitive dissonance (note: this is not encouraging lying. It's possible to give the exact same answer but with a different type of reaction. An angry yes and a happy yes are both still a yes).

Origin
Although the usage of depth charging and squeaking have their positive attributes (finding the truth in the former, and being aware of any emotional issues that need addressing the latter), they can also be used for malicious purposes, especially squeaking, in which it grants malicious exploiters insights into how an individual works and where their vulnerabilities lie. In an individual who is innocent, this presents a problem, and thus clearing the baffles was developed to counter depth charging.