I have only run across “sealioning” on Lemmy, and in my experience it is usually a way of accusing people of (a) being polite in a disagreement which is obviously a bad thing (b) asking for evidence of what someone’s saying, which is obviously a bad thing.

I have literally never seen it applied in the form where someone is actually being obnoxious, chasing a person into other threads, asking for evidence that has already been provided, etc.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (6 children)

I'd argue it's highly present in irl "debates:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfAEDLjwO7I

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Could I have more pixels?

[–] PrimarilyPrimate@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any pixels. How can you have any pixels if you don't eat yer meat?"

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

🤣

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