myfavouritename@lemmy.worldtoFediverse@lemmy.world•Looking for a good left alternative for LemmygradEnglish
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6 months agoIt’s okay to disagree with people. You’re being a dick while disagreeing with people, though.
It’s okay to disagree with people. You’re being a dick while disagreeing with people, though.
I get that you’re being practical here. You’re not technically wrong, and the people who are disagreeing with you really are arguing points of nuance.
But they aren’t wrong either. That nuance matters in certain contexts.
You can pick this hill to defend. Or you can learn something that you didn’t know about the people in your online community, and probably your IRL community too.
Embrace learning something new. It will almost never be a waste of your time.
These are called “aptroynms” and Wikipedia has a great list of them and also inaptroyms. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptronym
I’m honestly having so much fun getting out in my neighborhood and completing quests