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me_irl (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 17 hours ago by nekothegamer@sh.itjust.works to c/me_irl@lemmy.world

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[–] bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

You don’t primarily reply to convince the person you reply to, it’s about the other readers.

[–] theshoeshiner@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

On top of that, I don't think most people realize how that level of dehumanization affects the conversation as a whole. We are not replying to people, we are replying to walls of text, abstract concepts, hypotheses, and we treat one another as such. It's why anonymous internet discussions so quickly devolve.