Sign them up for absolutely everything you can that asks for a mailing address, email, phone number, and any other info you have for them. Use their info to donate to every cause you can find that they would be opposed to, then let the USPS take it from there.

indifference is the best revenge, but few are capable of it.

If you don’t actually feel threatened, I’d probably ignore it. I’d point out that pretty anyone can kill someone else, given a will to do so, so I don’t think I’d take “oh, they’re physical weaker than me” or something as grounds for not taking a threat seriously.

But if it’s a credible threat…depending upon where you live and the form of the threat, a threat to kill someone may be illegal. They are one of the few exceptions that case law has established to the First Amendment in the US.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_free_speech_exceptions

“True threats of violence” that are directed at a person or group of persons that have the intent of placing the target at risk of bodily harm or death are generally unprotected.[41] However, there are several exceptions. For example, the Supreme Court has held that “threats may not be punished if a reasonable person would understand them as obvious hyperbole”, he writes.[42][43] Additionally, threats of “social ostracism” and of “politically motivated boycotts” are constitutionally protected.[44]

In California, for example:

https://law.justia.com/codes/california/code-pen/part-1/title-11-5/section-422/

CA Penal Code § 422 (2025)

422. (a) Any person who willfully threatens to commit a crime which will result in death or great bodily injury to another person, with the specific intent that the statement, made verbally, in writing, or by means of an electronic communication device, is to be taken as a threat, even if there is no intent of actually carrying it out, which, on its face and under the circumstances in which it is made, is so unequivocal, unconditional, immediate, and specific as to convey to the person threatened, a gravity of purpose and an immediate prospect of execution of the threat, and thereby causes that person reasonably to be in sustained fear for their own safety or for their immediate family’s safety, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one year, or by imprisonment in the state prison.

(b) In sentencing a person convicted of a felony violation of subdivision (a), the court may consider, as a factor in aggravation, that the defendant willfully threatened to commit a crime that would result in the death or great bodily injury of a person the defendant knew was a state constitutional officer, a Member of the Legislature, or a judge or court commissioner, as defined in subdivisions (a), (b), (c), (n), and (q) of Section 7920.500 of the Government Code.

(c) (1) For purposes of this section, “immediate family” means any spouse, whether by marriage or not, parent, child, any person related by consanguinity or affinity within the second degree, or any other person who regularly resides in the household, or who, within the prior six months, regularly resided in the household.

(2) For purposes of this section, “electronic communication device” includes, but is not limited to, telephones, cellular telephones, computers, video recorders, fax machines, or pagers. “Electronic communication” has the same meaning as the term is defined in Subsection 12 of Section 2510 of Title 18 of the United States Code.

sardines in their curtain rods

Don’t bother and walk away.

Hmm reporting the death threat to the police would be good wouldn’t it?

In my history thats how a lot of people died but I have a counter example.

I think if they’re unstable enough to threaten you, deliberately aggravating them further is a bad idea. I’m not qualified to say what the best solution would be, but it isn’t this.

Record them threatening to kill you and then have them arrested for making terroristic threats

Publicise their threat. Then go into hiding for a few weeks and watch them be interrogated up the ass through the nose for where they hid your body.

Collect evidence. When you get enough hand it to the police. Otherwise just live a happy life, that will surely piss them off.

Get them to say it on video. It won’t take long before they are no longer around.

Documenting it and reporting them to the authorities.

I bought a really strong flash light, if they tried. Hard to attack when you’re blinded, and it eliminates any risk of having to plead self defense

The guy who threatened me (actually, it was an indirect threat intended as coercion to my ex) actually ended up being murdered by someone else last year.

It’s the first time in years herself and i are actually safe (and it’s fortunate we she broke up with him finally last year too, or she’d be dead too). She was always scared of leaving. However, she’s a witness to the court when it goes to court (so not completely out of the woods I guess)

Also, report to police. But In my case, she couldn’t or her life would be at risk

Don’t escalate. Just really stupid. They’ll know who did it

If this is someone you’ll be seeing a lot, it’s best to try to make peace with them. Instead of “pouring fuel on the fire” it’s best to “pour water on it”.

Personally I’ve had conflicts in my life with others, but instead of reacting negatively, I made an effort to do the opposite. In one case that resulted in a friend instead of an enemy. In other cases it has diffused the situation.

It helps to try to put yourself in their shoes. Try to understand where they are coming from and what has driven them to react like this towards you.