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• jakear 3y ago
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• 1attice 3y ago
  > <comment removed - other person not at all worth engaging> Wise human. I made the same decision. HN Comments section is endlessly frustrating, but is also, as my meditation coach always used to say, the perfect teacher. Sometimes an argument is won, but the interlocutor fails to notice. In these cases, no matter how frustrating, the argument is still won. While tempting, nothing is gained by explaining to them the interlocutor that they've lost; the not-noticing is itself the unfakeable signal of the fact. This orange hellsite is a masterclass in discourse and rhetoric, and knowing when to rest your case turns out to be a huge tranche of these arts.
  • jakear 3y ago
    How rewarding it must be to “win” online. Especially when all you have to do is post a single comment then tell yourself “I won!”.
    • 1attice 3y ago
      Thank you; it is indeed rewarding. tips hat
      • kreeben 3y ago
        Distinguished members of the meta karma crew, when discussing the battle between whom will, erm, find a way, jakear says "nature" and 1attice says "human species" but it must be known, one may win in local time but the other in distant time. It cannot be known who will be right therefore this debate must be called a draw, in spite of the delightful use of a semicolon which was a reward to find, one I needed after having read this sub thread to its very end.