• Soup@lemmy.cafe
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    4 months ago

    This shit happens far too often. Between the YouTube links that “prove” their bullshit, to the thousand-word copypasta essay that doesn’t contain a single original thought.

    Yeah. I’m not doing that.

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        4 months ago

        You know links are shown in thumbnails, right?

        EDIT: oh shit I get the joke. Man, that’s some meta stuff! You got me there, bud.

        Just not in the obvious way

        Well done. Only you forgot the /s

  • ComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    Sometimes I back up my argument with entire books lmao. Its not usually for the person I am arguing with. Its for the people who see the argument and are curious

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      4 months ago

      You should be able to explicate your own argument, though. “Read this book” isn’t convincing on its own.

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        4 months ago

        Yeah, you need to take specific portions of the book to support your argument. I won’t just say “read Fanon” but will give a a specific example from the book in addition to the more general example of the entire work, plus encourage them to read more.