145 sats \ 2 replies \ @elvismercury 11 Mar \ parent \ on: Stacker Saloon
Update: I think I might have just crossed over and have become so tired of this that I won't even fight it anymore. Everyone who takes the other side is either un-serious or delusional, and there's no point arguing with either.
Pointless arguing on the internet is something I would like to go to zero in my own life.
and there's no point arguing with either.
It surely seems like it but I feel like there must be some more effective angle. A common technique is to only let them talk by asking questions which at some point lead to some contradiction which should make them think. It just feels I haven't gotten good enough at it yet.
Pointless arguing on the internet is something I would like to go to zero in my own life.
Me too but sometimes, you just can't help but get your hopes up high that "this time is going to be different". But time is definitely spent better writing longer, thought-provoking posts than replying in some random thread to some random dude. It has more reach and is more convincing. I try to write longer posts to balance stuff like this and this out.
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It's as good a strategy as exists, but it presupposes people actually care about the truth and are trying to understand the world. If you're not discussing in good faith, there is no value in engaging.
I'm not here to fuck spiders, mate :)
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