Comment on xkcd #2894: Research Account

flicker@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• bobs_monkey@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  But then someone is wrong on the internet. Won’t someone think of the children and out spotless archival system?

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  • elvith@feddit.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    XKCD 386

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  • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And then you realize the person you’re arguing about politics with is some literal 14-year-old

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    • technojamin@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Only get into arguments you know you’ll win. So never politics, they’re too subjective.

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    • nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Realization of this is what led me to block an instance for the first time. Got no time for bad faith and senseless aggression.

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    • brrt@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      What’s the threshold for when someone is automatically wrong based on their age?

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      • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It depends on the subject. Generally you’d want some life experience or education on the subject.

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• lowleveldata@programming.dev ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Growing up is to only argue when you could win and be a polite asshole when you couldn’t

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