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You had such excellent points all up until the unnecessary ad hominem at the end there. No need for name calling when you’ve already won.

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TheTechnician27@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Before I address the substance: that’s not what an ad hominem is in the context of an argument. I’d already 100% finished attacking the substance of their argument. An ad hominem would be if I fallaciously appealed to a personal characteristic (real or otherwise) to attack an argument of theirs. “You’re wrong because you’re a dipshit”.

Anyway: man, I dunno. It’s 2026, and I’ve gotten really fucking sick of being asymmetrically bound by etiquette when Brandolini’s law and the Dunning–Kruger effect are being stretched to their limits by insufferable, insolent shitheads who’ve unburdened thenselves of critical thinking and assume having a platform to the entire world makes them qualified to say anything about everything (I can fall into this trap too, but holy shit sometimes).

I was still more polite than they were, still exercised more critical thought than they did, and still addressed the substance, and that’s fine enough by me not to tone police myself.

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- victorz@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Alright, my bad, good ackshually. 👍 Let’s refer to it as name-calling.
  
  So like, calling someone a dipshit just because you’ve run into so many people that annoy you… I dunno. If it was the same person that annoyed you over and over again, I’d get it, but, this is your first interaction with this person, right? You feel me?
  
  🤷‍♂️ You have the right to call anyone you want a dipshit, of course, I just would like us to have civil discourse here. Everyone benefits from that, I believe. Plus, I think we’re all mostly on the same side regarding this matter. I don’t feel like this is a every polarizing issue here. 😁 Google is the enemy here, let’s not infight.
  
  A person is also much more susceptible and inclined to listen without being called names. 😉
  
  Have a good day today, buddy!
  
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- Cybersteel@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  It’s fellatiously idiot. So much for being smahter huh duuuuuuuuuh…
  
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CosmoNova@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
They probably should have given it two seconds of thought before sending it.

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- victorz@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I mean, it’s just one person’s idea of how they think things will plan out vs another’s. No need for name-calling. 👍
  
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