Do not, my friends, become addicted to arguing with redditors (hexbear.net)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by RION@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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It will take hold of you, and you will regret it's absence

- a stupid idiot who thought they could explain why arbitrary age limits are a poor heuristic for experience to a /r/politics user

god typing that out really sells the stupid idiot part huh

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[-] Bay_of_Piggies@hexbear.net 16 points 9 months ago

I typically give it 1-2 responses. I never make that 3rd.

[-] 420blazeit69@hexbear.net 9 points 9 months ago

A great rule for arguing on the internet, along with remembering that you're really making your point for lurkers reading along instead of the person responding to you.

[-] AmarkuntheGatherer@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 9 months ago

Good rule of thumb. If one writes more than 5 sentences each time, it shouldn't take more than 2 attempts to see whether the other guy is deficient. Anything after that should boil down to a no-effort "get bent"