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[Deleted member]

When someone says political discussions are toxic

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

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Well, a box of Scooby Snacks costs substantially more than $3.67.

Wait. Where was I going with this?

*****, SCOOBY SNACKS ARE REAL?

 

[Deleted member]

some call me a master debater

mans wanted to say baiter

he really tried

you could see the glint in his eyes

but alas, not today

for now is no time for infractions

 

[Noipoi]

some call me a master debater

I debate tons of people at once.

I'm a mass debater.

 

[Cyn]

Sorry, but Cyn 's Super Admin program hasn't started yet.

Soon.

Spoiler

Not really soon.

 

[King Sonnn DeDeDoo]

What I will suggest, is to avoid toxicity when it can be avoided. There are folks who may think terrible things, but that doesn't mean that they can't be convinced.

It's the internet, so it's hard enough to have a real, progressive conversation with strangers. It's just difficult. But that doesn't mean you can't find common ground with folks who could be potential allies.

Maybe I'm an optimist. Maybe that makes me seem like I won't take a side. I support the progression of society until all live equitably, and happily. However, that doesn't mean that I want people who currently think terrible things to suffer. Believe it or not, there are people who think things, and currently don't get why it's a bad thing to think.

I just feel like most arguments on public forums don't seek to convince their opponents, rather they are trying to win over the "audience" of the public forum. I feel its the reason why the debate hall is largely ignored, since there is rarely an audience watching those threads.

Maybe it's just the pessimist in me, but i feel most users would rather get praise from their peers and weaken the ethos of their opponent, than put in the effort to convert who they are arguing with. Which I understand, it takes a lot of goodwill and effort to argue for that sake.

Not saying I'm disagreeing with you, i just think most people are not as noble in their arguments as you are.

 

[Deleted member]

shiny I love ya but I have no clue what you're trying to say here my man. This is kinda incoherent

What I am saying is that straights like to poke fun at non-straights, and this society seems to tolerate it.
I think that is why LGBTQ+ people deserve more rights.

 

[ClaTheBae]

I never done anything illegal in my life, and I plan to keep it that way.

no you will. When you get a car, you will drive over the speed limit. You've probably already downloaded or listened to a song without an artist's permission. You've also probably used an emulator. We are all criminals. We are all the same. You might as well start selling drugs

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dont sell drugs

 

[Roberk]

You aren’t a true master debater if you don’t get this meme.

Spoiler

 

[Teeb147]

Hello Mr. Cla debater master

I think you ruined it.

the whole thing reminds me that in terraria there's a fish bait called Master Bait. I'm sure it's gotten chuckles from quite a bit of people.

 

[Deleted member]

all of your opinions are ****

 

[Hinata]

Every time I hear the word debate, my mind immediately goes to Non-Stop Debates from Danganronpa.

 

[ClaTheBae]

all of your opinions are ****

at least my ass is still fat

 

[Deleted member]

So, uhh, what did i miss?

 

[Michael the Spikester]

So what's the current discussion y'all?

 

[Deleted member]

Edit: You never saw this.
Oh, and I know what I am talking about, too.

 

[redfeatherraven]

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dont sell drugs

Didn't say don't buy drugs.

Loophole!

Spoiler: disclaimer

Don't buy drugs.

 

[Teeb147]

Edit: You never saw this.

Now you've crossed the line.

 

[Deleted member]

at least my *** is still fat

unlike your beats

 

[Idon]

Every time I hear the word debate, my mind immediately goes to Non-Stop Debates from Danganronpa.

>When it's 2 mods:

 

[Swamp Sensei]

Maybe it's just the pessimist in me, but i feel most users would rather get praise from their peers and weaken the ethos of their opponent, than put in the effort to convert who they are arguing with. Which I understand, it takes a lot of goodwill and effort to argue for that sake.

To be fair, many times its better to speak one on one with a person to convince them to sway another way.

Bringing other people in makes it a social crisis.

 

[Deleted member]

Didn't say don't buy drugs.

Loophole!

Spoiler: disclaimer

Don't buy drugs.

never said don't do drugs

Spoiler

i'm going to jail

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Every time I hear the word debate, my mind immediately goes to Non-Stop Debates from Danganronpa.

Not using Scrum Debate smh

 

[Shroob]

To be fair, many times its better to speak one on one with a person to convince them to sway another way.

Bringing other people in makes it a social crisis.

I'm guilty of this.

 

[King Sonnn DeDeDoo]

I get that. I pretty much exclusively play mystery heroes for that reason, lol. I started playing back in 2011, so I often get a nostalgia itch to play it again.

Edit: for a fun fact, the Uber Update went live the day after my birthday, so I ended getting for free a game I thought I had to buy. I was damn happy, haha.

Yeah i started with the Uber update to!

At this point i pretty much exclusively play mystery heroes and Deathmatch in OW, since it's much lower stakes.

I will say that going to servers with custom maps and gamemodes has really extented the lifespan for TF2 for me, I love me some death run, balloon race, and prop hunt.

 

[Hinata]

>When it's 2 mods:

Ah, damn it, I should've thought of that.

 

[Deleted member]

While we're on a vaguely-tangentially related subject, **** zero tolerance policies in public schools. A kid shouldn't get the same punishment as the perpetrator for fighting back. If the bully didn't want his bones broken he shouldn't have started ****. If the school gets sued, they should've stopped the problem earlier.

This post is totally unrelated to something that happened to a friend of mine in middle school almost ten years ago.

The fact kids don't get the same rights to "self-defense" laws as adults is pretty ****ed up tbh.

It's not invalidated. It remains and spreads through other methods.

It really doesn't. Why do you think neo Nazi ideologies have only spread with the rise of the internet? Because we didn't allow nazis to appear on TV or radio nor allow them to write books and newspapers before.

You confront it head on through logic and appeals to emotion.

There's a big misconception that this has ever worked with someone who's outright malicious in their bigotry. It doesn't work like that, these people aren't looking for being convinced with those.

SINCE WHEN DO DEBATES HAVE TO HAVE COMMON GROUND?!?

Like... Debate clubs have clear winners... What the **** is this idea that it has to end in compromise?

This comic falls victim to some major logical fallacies.

Ever since forever? Debate clubs aren't the same as actual debates, there isn't an impartial third party mediating it and the goal is to convince your opposition to help you. Like in, say, uses of resources or what areas of investment should be focused on. That's where you can find common ground in.
The problem comes when basic human rights are treated like debates and that there is any sort of leeway in how many rights a person is entitled to.

I'm more of the opinion that there could be debate on whether law (a) which forbids trans people the right to _______ is constitutional/in violation of human rights. Someone could argue for/against something like that in a civil way.

That really shouldn't be open to debate at all. Like, that's some gross stuff to even consider. Of course something like that would be a violation of human rights..

 

[Swamp Sensei]

I'm guilty of this.

Of making social crisis?

 

[Roberk]

Idon
CORRIN DEMI-FIEND

CORRIN DEMI-FIEND

 

[ClaTheBae]

never said don't do drugs

i'm going to jail

what a powerful statement on how we treat addicts in the US of A

please stop being political though

 

[Wademan94]

This conversation is starting to rub me the wrong way, I dunno how you guys can keep it up...

 

[KingofPhantoms]

Plenty of people can develop and change for the better. It's perfectly possible to change someone's mind on something. Maybe not everyone, there's some people out there who might simply never change... but but there exist plenty of people in the world who can and will ultimately learn to change their views for the better. What brings about the change varies, depends on the individual and the circumstances they go through.

Doesn't mean you have to spend a good chunk of your own time personally arguing or debating with every stranger you meet whom you have a disagreement with, though. Just stay open-minded. They should stay open-minded, and so should you.

 

[Shroob]

Of making social crisis?

I mean, yeah, just like 2 weeks ago.

I made a big boo-boo.

 

[Cyn]

To be fair, many times its better to speak one on one with a person to convince them to sway another way.

Bringing other people in makes it a social crisis.

Which is why with a lack of structure things regress into debate gang a shouts at debate gang b and vice versa. I do not tolerate that kind of mentality here.

 

[Zinith]

Zinith When I watch Yoshi in tourneys, I usually just think of this now.

Still thinking of what to do with him, anyway. What is that custom text of yours?


Eh, I had a dream one time of Bandana Waddle Dee getting in, and I hated waking up to know it was fake. I still want it now.

#D9E5D9. It's a subtle green symbolizing that not even text can contain the Yoshi love that is spilling forth

 

[Idon]

Idon
CORRIN DEMI-FIEND

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CORRIN DEMI-FIEND

Goddammit that's so damn stupid.
Downloads.

 

[ClaTheBae]

This conversation is starting to rub me the wrong way, I dunno how you guys can keep it up...

this conversation is perfectly tame dude what are you on about

 

[Deleted member]

checking the laws in my state

uhhh it ain't a crime if you don't get caught

 

[King Sonnn DeDeDoo]

To be fair, many times its better to speak one on one with a person to convince them to sway another way.

Bringing other people in makes it a social crisis.

Oh I definitely agree. It's just by the nature of Smashboards being a forum, most arguments are going to have that social crisis, unless they're in PMs.

 

[Iridium]

Soon.

Spoiler

Not really soon.

Where is the Overlord position here?