A lot of work has gone into making this a culturally-accepted method of response, but now that it is it’s like an instant win for the person eschewing the analysis with a mic drop insult.

Overall, the pattern tends to block the interaction of ideas.

[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

You toss a better word salad, I'll give you that.

However, you probably should have read the conversation to understand the context behind my dismissive "mic drop".

OP said something kinda dumb.

I corrected them.

Instead of owning their mistake, or moving on, they try to explain away their dumb comment with a large block of tangentially related regional facts and observations, logical fallacies, and a bad metaphor/analogy about the meaning of a kiss.

[–] Maeve@kbin.social -1 points 7 months ago

I wasn't trying to be insulting, I was trying to lazily browse before sleep, and the reply to an offhand musing seemed frankly rude in tone.

Sometimes it's okay to analyze further than an initial thought for days without replying and sometimes it's ok to make a considered comment weekend a detailed analysis on the spot while browsing the Internet.