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That bridge is for a train track. Raising it would be a large, expensive, time consuming project. If you’re changing the grade of a train track, it will need to be long, gradual, and smooth.

Woah. A pledge from a CEO. There’s no way this is meaningless PR bullshit. We better take it seriously.

It’s tricky. Often, you can only go by tone and context. Experience helps a lot. Even still, I’ll get it wrong sometimes.

Fortunately, common sense usually works there, too. If person A makes highly specific or unusual statement, person B reasonably asks for a source, and person A angrily responds with defensiveness and accusations, then it’s pretty clear that person A was talking out of their ass.

Saved you a click: they’ll only be doing it for one week

I wonder if his assassin would get so many warrants. Let’s find out! [clears throat]

Gonzalez is awesome for standing up and doing this. Most, if not all, of the anger is coming from spineless cowards.

I’ve thought of this often. I’m eager to find out what my boomer prejudices will be. I’m curious.

Seriously, watch it. it’s a damn good movie. Bonus: when describing the guy on the cover, “smug” is just about the last word you’d use.

I understand where you’re coming from, but it’ll be easy to tell. Someone who’s sealioning will skip or “forget” points you’ve already made when they’re making their counter arguments. The conversation will be irritating and demanding.

Someone who genuinely wants to discuss and learn won’t wear on you that way. Their replies won’t have that “I outsmarted you and you’re an idiot” kind of feel. It’s hard to explain, but people can recognize the difference. I don’t think there’s a threat to honest debate here.

Yes, it’s possible to confuse sealions with people who are simply rude and obnoxious, but since I don’t like talking to either one, I don’t much care.

When done “well”, you can find yourself lured into a long, increasingly exasperating conversation. You can never win by engaging. I just ignore them and move on.