• @solsangraal@lemmy.zip
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    479 days ago

    those are the people who no one irl talks to anymore because they impulsively take the opposing stance, regardless of how stupid that stance may be, any time anyone says anything

    • @Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
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      89 days ago

      Yup and guess what they are way more vocal online since they can still have an audience there and this is one of the reasons social media sites are so skewed from representing generalizable opinions. It’s a contrarian incubator.

    • @Weslee@lemmy.world
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      59 days ago

      I play devil’s advocate in most friend-space conversations, it’s just who I am, I don’t do it disrespectfully (I hope) but it’s just the first thing my brain goes to.

      • @solsangraal@lemmy.zip
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        69 days ago

        sometimes it’s good to examine things from all angles; i’m mostly talking about people who will start arguing if you say “nice weather today”-- shit gets old quick

    • Justas🇱🇹
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      19 days ago

      I had a colleague like that, he was an electric engineer who was convinced that the Earth is flat and that vaccines are bad.

      • Lit
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        18 days ago

        I know that guy he told me he knows of a colleague who was convinced that the earth is spherical and vaccines are great.