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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Yeah this is why I try to avoid arguing on the internet. I never feel better for it and I'm fairly certain that I've never convinced anyone to change their position on anything.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

If I said a quarter of the shit I typed out online, my corpse would be in a Lebanese prison cell.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

I find myself tapping Ctrl+A -> backspace faster than I can react to it myself. Life is too short for waiting for the little cursor to travel all the way back.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Actually it's a keyboard shortcut to close the browser tab.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yep. Me sometimes. Like you know the answer. It's simple and logical. The other person is obviously wrong and defending their position badly... But then you realise it's stupid to try and waste your time on a subject you don't even care about, to a person who cannot be educated.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

deletes his own comment without posting it after realizing he was wrong after defending what he now no longer believes in, for seven paragraphs

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I wish I did it more often, far too many eristics have come over from Reddit (main reason I left), and I'm easily baited by them on the right day haha

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Writing about it for 20 minutes kinda proves you absolutely do give a fuck about this. Lots of fucks, actually.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

I do this, and I have a "graveyard log" file where I paste my discarded posts and replies.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Me but the post got deleted.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I'm gonna start fighting everyone in the comments right now.

But also yes, the internet brings the worst out in people.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

yeah, no one changes their mind because of words on a screen. if you can't reach out and slap the shit out of them your point will never get across.

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