• Lovable Sidekick@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    When somebody ends an argument by angrily telling you to go read a book, and you do, the book usually confirms they’re wrong.

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      Because people who try to shut arguments down with this project that they can’t imagine a scenario where they would actually read a book. It’s the same energy as those that invoke the Bible, i.e. never read it themselves, assume it says what their feelies feel

    • OddMinus1@sh.itjust.works
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      1 month ago

      I love doing that. When someone tells me I’m wrong and I need to do some research and then I come back with peer reviewed research papers confirming my side.

      Yes, I’m that level of petty about our tiny disagreement.

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          Yeah and if you show them credible sources they’ll be like “WRONG. See?” and then link to a bunch of propaganda sites…

    • Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world
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      You can tell you won the argument when the other person starts shouting over you, starts attacking your intelligence or character and storms out.