Ben Affleck responded Thursday to The New Yorker’s gentle takedown titled “The Great Sadness of Ben Affleck,’’ and the Internet loves him for it.

The actor tweeted: “@NewYorker I’m doing just fine. Thick skin bolstered by garish tattoos.’’

Affleck, who’s an infrequent tweeter, had been mute since photos surfaced of him standing shirtless on a beach in Hawaii. The paparazzi pics confirmed that the much-discussed tattoo of a massive phoenix on Affleck’s back is, in fact, real, and not, as he’d claimed in an earlier interview, faked for a movie.

The New Yorker piece, an assessment of Affleck since his split with wife Jennifer Garner, called the Cambridge-bred Oscar winner “suddenly flailing’’ and referenced “his enormous, garish tattoo.’’

Whatever. Affleck’s response suggests he’s entirely unbothered by people’s impressions of him or his tattoo, and Twitter approved. People posted GIFs and memes of Affleck as Batman, proclaiming the actor victorious over The New Yorker.