Has the "worst person you know" ever actually made a GREAT point? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 6 months ago by Objection@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

6 comments fedilink hide all child comments

We all know the meme, but most of the time it's referenced about someone shitty saying something you already agree with. What I wanna hear about is a time when someone who you broadly disagree with actually gave you some kind of new insight about something - even if you didn't end up coming around to their point of view. Maybe they gave you a piece of a puzzle that you were missing, but then you built on that in a completely different way.

Doesn't have to actually be "the worst person you know," interpret it however you like.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] flamiera@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 6 months ago

If they're saying something I already agree with or I already know, I kind of see that as just rubbing salt in the wound so I hate them even more.

Because the worst people I knew, always told me shit I already know about so it isn't anything surprisingly or insightful. It was just more babbling from them.

this post was submitted on 04 Dec 2025

22 points (100.0% liked)

Asklemmy

54493 readers

571 users here now

A loosely moderated place to ask open-ended questions

Search asklemmy 🔍

If your post meets the following criteria, it's welcome here!

Open-ended question
Not offensive: at this point, we do not have the bandwidth to moderate overtly political discussions. Assume best intent and be excellent to each other.
Not regarding using or support for Lemmy: context, see the list of support communities and tools for finding communities below
Not ad nauseam inducing: please make sure it is a question that would be new to most members
An actual topic of discussion

Looking for support?

Looking for a community?

Lemmyverse: community search
sub.rehab: maps old subreddits to fediverse options, marks official as such
!lemmy411@lemmy.ca: a community for finding communities

~Icon~ ~by~ ~@Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de~

founded 7 years ago

MODERATORS