Yeah this is why I try to avoid arguing on the internet. I never feel better for it and I'm fairly certain that I've never convinced anyone to change their position on anything.

I find myself tapping Ctrl+A -> backspace faster than I can react to it myself. Life is too short for waiting for the little cursor to travel all the way back.

Yep. Me sometimes. Like you know the answer. It's simple and logical. The other person is obviously wrong and defending their position badly... But then you realise it's stupid to try and waste your time on a subject you don't even care about, to a person who cannot be educated.

Same on Lemmy

Actually it's a keyboard shortcut to close the browser tab.

deletes his own comment without posting it after realizing he was wrong after defending what he now no longer believes in, for seven paragraphs

I do this, and I have a "graveyard log" file where I paste my discarded posts and replies.

Writing about it for 20 minutes kinda proves you absolutely do give a fuck about this. Lots of fucks, actually.

I wish I did it more often, far too many eristics have come over from Reddit (main reason I left), and I'm easily baited by them on the right day haha

I'm gonna start fighting everyone in the comments right now.

But also yes, the internet brings the worst out in people.

Me but the post got deleted.

yeah, no one changes their mind because of words on a screen. if you can't reach out and slap the shit out of them your point will never get across.