I have a new note-taking system and I want to add some deboonks in there that I can quickdraw on a lib, any day, any time.

I don’t want some self-satisfying /r/breadtube rot, I want the links you’ve actually sent to people when they say something silly.

Shoutout to the copypastas that Davel, Dessalines and Cowbee have developed.

  • comfy@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
    8·
    4 months ago

    What topic are you wanting to discuss?

    Any and all common talking points.

    Facts don’t actually convince the one you argue with outside of rare cases, but are usually useful for onlookers.

    Yep. Especially online, where the people starting arguments are usually not open to other ideas. There are usually far more onlookers, many who can be engaged. But also, prepared answers are good for quick replies that don’t take time to write out and check, just for people to not end up reading it

    outside of rare cases

    Interestingly, I’ve seen at least three people confess to being former US-Libertarians who read the Manifesto of the Communist Party to better dunk on commies, only to realize Marx was making good points. Like you said, this kind of thing is rare, but if there are low-effort ways to find the curious ones, then might keep it as a tactic.

    • Cowbee [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      9·
      4 months ago

      I’d say the 3 most important things to get across are

      1. Pro-socialism

      2. Anti-imperialism

      3. AES is actually good

      All 3 are useful to distill into a common collection of sources and arguments. For example, I explain socialism as a mode of production where public ownership is the principle aspect of the economy, and the working classes are in control of the state. This is simple, verifiable, and doesn’t require reading theory to get across. The rest depends on how they respond to that.