• blaue_Fledermaus@mstdn.io
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    9 days ago

    I find that using this kind of language can be very effective in disarming online arguments that are becoming aggressive.

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    8 days ago

    Please do be that person when your interlocutor deserves it

    It takes much bigger balls to do that and people with respect you for it

  • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
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    8 days ago

    Say what you will about Reddit, it’s the only Internet place I’ve ever seen someone admit they were wrong.

    Lemmings, as the most opinionated version of Redditors, will dig in and argue that allying with Nazi Germany is cool and fine when Finland does it, because Finland Good Place in 2024 and therefore could never make a national mistake ever.