Remindes me of the tweet that said something like "My favorite moment on the internet was when someone said, they believe that people will changed their mind when given evidence. Then I linked TWO SOURCES that said otherwise and they were like I still believe it."

Or when a hexbearian explained to me that hexbear isn't toxic at all, it's just when people refuse to read sources but than it's their fault for not engaging with the material. Later they refused to open my sources.

Wether it's on the internet or at a bar counter, I like to engage in debate to better myself. If your goal is to turn every fanatic that crosses your path, you're gonna be depressed real soon.

One of the most refreshing things I've seen since joining Lemmy is people actually apologizing in comment threads like this.

Wait, you mean internet arguments aren't a game of chicken where the winner is whoever gets the last reply?

No they don't

The trick is to argue with the voices in your own head and simply project them on to other people's comments.

You don't realize that you're wrong in the moment. The idea bounces around in your head long enough for your brain to decide it was your own conclusion. We can become less biased, but make no mistake: our brains are a total mess.

This is what happens when evolution throws hardware at a problem, succeeds, and it's still poorly optimized.

Gabagool was the most important story arc in the Sopranos, change my view.

I don't argue to make them change their mind, I argue to make them angry >:)

Oh goodness, I should hope not! I love arguing on the internet, and I would hate to think that I'm actually changing peoples minds.

Sir, this is the internet, nobody is allowed to quit

The last few years had made me lose all respect for debates as a field of study. Remembering shit like logos and pathos and all that nonsense for nothing.

People don't change their mind so easily...

Nuh-uh

I know this is just a joke, but I'm reading a book on quitting right now and one of the points she is driving home is that if you quit at the right time, it tends to feel too early to quit.

Nuh-uh, not me. I stop long before they change their mind.