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[–] Devial@discuss.online 28 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Arguing with an idiot is like playing chess with a pigeon. No matter how good you are at chess, the pigeon will knock over all the pieces, crap on the board and then strut around like it won anyway

[–] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That's why you're not really arguing with the idiot: you're showing everyone else the idiot is wrong. Different perspective to same activity.

[–] X@piefed.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Comparing idiots (and by necessary extension, fucking conservatives) to pigeons is tremendous insult to pigeons. Pigeons are smart. If I’m playing chess with any avian, winning against the bird was never the point lol, not even a consideration. I’m no ornithologist, and so don’t seek to play serious games with avians any more than I feel the need to seriously rebut a fucking conservative.

[–] Devial@discuss.online 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They may be smart birds, but they're about as good at chess as the average conservative is at intellectual debate

[–] X@piefed.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Given the two, I’d debate a pigeon before a fucking conservative. After all, the former is a bird, but the latter is just fucking stupid.

Hell, the former can fuck you up with large numbers and so can the latter, but at least pigeons are useful.