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What discussion you know you are on the wrong side of? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago by lorty@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Maybe you haven't been convinced by a good enough argument. Maybe you just don't want to admit you are wrong. Or maybe the chaos is the objective, but what are you knowingly on the wrong side of?

In my case: I don't think any games are obliged to offer an easy mode. If developers want to tailor a specific experience, they don't have to dilute it with easier or harder modes that aren't actually interesting and/or anything more than poorly done numbers adjustments. BUT I also know that for the people that need and want them, it helps a LOT. But I can't really accept making the game worse so that some people get to play it. They wouldn't actually be playing the same game after all...

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[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 18 points 22 hours ago (4 children)

I am always on the right side of any discussion. Otherwise I wouldn't be on that side.

[–] whydudothatdrcrane@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 hours ago

I have been bashed for saying sth similar in response to "you think your opinions are better than other people's opinions". Duh, yeah? Otherwise I would hold the other opinion.

[–] atomicorange@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

A lot of people seem to feel this way. Don’t let it become a tautology, however. It’s your opinion because you think it’s correct, NOT it’s correct because it’s your opinion. For example, plenty of folks justify homophobia because gay people make them feel icky and never examine whether or not their intuition is actually correct. You still have a responsibility to examine your conclusions on a topic and readjust as necessary!

[–] whydudothatdrcrane@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 hours ago

It’s your opinion because you think it’s correct, NOT it’s correct because it’s your opinion.

Exactly this.

[–] lorty@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 hours ago

I'm glad you are like that, but dometimes people want to be convinced of the opposite side but haven't been able to, yet.

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 5 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Yep. I don't argue for things I don't believe are the side I should be on. Sometimes I make tongue-in-cheek arguments (think A Modest Proposal) but that's not in a discussion. I don't get into arguments as a sport or to make people angry, so why ever be on a side I think is 'wrong'?