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Re:The Notion of “Trolling” in Ancient Sanskrit by asveikau on Sunday May 12, 2019 @12:05PM (#19892691)
I totally agree that, when adopting a hypothetical opinion, it's a good idea to vet it, and prevent wasting everybody's time in hypotheticals. Though part of that process may be to temporarily adopt an absurd view and work out how it fails.
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Re:The Notion of “Trolling” in Ancient Sanskrit by Dylan16807 on Sunday May 12, 2019 @03:48PM (#19894078)
You almost never have to spend an entire argument to vet a complete garbage opinion. If you do it quickly, or the opinion isn't complete garbage, you're not running afoul of the complaint.
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