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xkcd #2894: Research Account
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Focus of your research: EXTREME PETTINESS AND UNWILLINGNESS TO LET ANYTHING GO
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.
But then someone is wrong on the internet. Won't someone think of the children and out spotless archival system?
XKCD 386
And then you realize the person you're arguing about politics with is some literal 14-year-old
Realization of this is what led me to block an instance for the first time. Got no time for bad faith and senseless aggression.
What’s the threshold for when someone is automatically wrong based on their age?
It depends on the subject. Generally you'd want some life experience or education on the subject.
Growing up is to only argue when you could win and be a polite asshole when you couldn't