One might say it just happened to me. You should all try it sometime.

  • @Kefass
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    1 year ago

    Argument are not won or lost. You either learn, or teach during an argument/discussion. Else you are is a “word fight”, were both parties think they won, but they both lost.

    • Wolf Link 🐺
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      I like this definition a lot.

      The last time I “lost” an (online) argument it was about a gameplay mechanic that I was 99% sure about, but it turned out that the guide I had been using made some false assumptions, which might have ruined a challenge run I had done at the time. Now I know how that gameplay mechanic actually works, the challenge run went well, and both sides “won” in a way.

      … also, I usually abandon arguments altogether if the other person is clearly not even willing to listen (like pedaling back to already explained / solved parts of the argument or outright ignoring proposed solutions, etc.). If it is a “me VS you” situation instead of “me and you VS the problem”, then it is not worth investing time and energy into arguing as it will not lead to meaningful progress either way.

  • JWBananas
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    121 year ago

    Usually if I lose it’s because I chose to participate. Sometimes the only winning move is not to play.

  • @[email protected]
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    101 year ago

    I never “lose”, I learn from the debate and improve myself.

    It’s ok to be wrong, strong opinions weakly held. Soon as I have verifible evidence I change. Then I think about how I got into a position with bad data.

  • Ada
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    61 year ago

    One might say it just happened to me

    No it didn’t

  • Ada
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    41 year ago

    Well, it happened to me in the comments to this post :P