xkcd #2894: Research Account
xkcd #2894: Research Account
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Focus of your research: EXTREME PETTINESS AND UNWILLINGNESS TO LET ANYTHING GO
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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.
79 1 ReplyBut then someone is wrong on the internet. Won't someone think of the children and out spotless archival system?
27 0 Reply42 0 ReplyAnd then you realize the person you're arguing about politics with is some literal 14-year-old
7 0 ReplyRealization of this is what led me to block an instance for the first time. Got no time for bad faith and senseless aggression.
3 0 ReplyOnly get into arguments you know you’ll win. So never politics, they’re too subjective.
2 0 ReplyWhat’s the threshold for when someone is automatically wrong based on their age?
2 0 ReplyIt depends on the subject. Generally you'd want some life experience or education on the subject.
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Growing up is to only argue when you could win and be a polite asshole when you couldn't
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