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Focus of your research: EXTREME PETTINESS AND UNWILLINGNESS TO LET ANYTHING GO

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[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 7 points 8 months ago (3 children)

And then you realize the person you're arguing about politics with is some literal 14-year-old

[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 8 months ago

Realization of this is what led me to block an instance for the first time. Got no time for bad faith and senseless aggression.

[–] brrt@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What’s the threshold for when someone is automatically wrong based on their age?

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

It depends on the subject. Generally you'd want some life experience or education on the subject.