Growing up is to only argue when you could win and be a polite asshole when you couldn’t
Comment on xkcd #2894: Research Account
flicker@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Growing up is learning you don’t have to win the online argument.
Wait. Not “growing up,” sorry, I just double-checked my notes and I meant to say “getting medicated.” Yes, that’s it.
lowleveldata@programming.dev 7 months ago
bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 7 months ago
But then someone is wrong on the internet. Won’t someone think of the children and out spotless archival system?
elvith@feddit.de 7 months ago
XKCD 386
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Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 7 months ago
And then you realize the person you’re arguing about politics with is some literal 14-year-old
technojamin@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Only get into arguments you know you’ll win. So never politics, they’re too subjective.
nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 7 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.
brrt@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
What’s the threshold for when someone is automatically wrong based on their age?
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 7 months ago
It depends on the subject. Generally you’d want some life experience or education on the subject.