What's the last post you started typing an answer to, thought about the replies you'd get and noped out of? (lemmy.world)

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Was about to answer the billionaires one, realized there are better ways to spend this limited beautiful moment of life than being virtually shouted at.

How about you?

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[-] paddirn@lemmy.world 37 points 2 weeks ago

It happens all the time, but it's usually because I realize that either:

I'm not as invested or informed on the topic as I thought I was and just don't have anything meaningful to contribute
whatever joke I was writing up didn't sound as funny to me after I actually wrote it out
it took too long to write, did some basic research and realized I didn't know what I was talking about
it took too long to write, I got distracted by something, and by the time I got back to it I had stopped caring
something happens to the post I was responding to or my connection, page resets/refreshes and I've lost whatever the thing was midway through, I'm not typing all that again
realize I'm going to say something not very PC and I know the exact responses I'll get, "Nah, I don't care enough about this."

[-] Lauchs@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I didn't know people were allowed to research before commenting! /s

[-] paddirn@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, I try to limit it, but occasionally there will be some half-ass historical event or fact that I remember as part of my argument and I'll go to look it up and realize the actual facts of the matter contradict whatever point I was trying to make. So then I just delete the comment and move on, "Well... I guess I didn't have anything to say about that after all."

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