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by ern_ave 67 days ago
> "I'd love to hear any additional ideas except those that work everywhere because that'd require big changes"

When you pretend to quote someone, but you alter the quote, you're being dishonest. What you just did suggests that you don't really have any good arguments on your side - that you don't have any arguments that would stand on their own, without requiring a lie.

So, if we were having a debate, I'd say that you lost.

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I'm not being dishonest, I'm being sarcastic. Although I can see that you ignored everything else that I said.

I couldn't care less about "winning".

> you ignored everything else that I said

Well, you started by altering a quote. Is it unreasonable for me to call that out and stop there??

Try to imagine that this comment you're reading now said:

> > you ignored the irrelevant things I said

> yes, of course I did!

Try to imagine how you would respond to that. Then, try to imagine how you'd react if I said, "I was just being sarcastic bro!"