<p>It’s like the kid in English class who never hears what anyone has to say because he’s too busy raising his hand to say something himself.</p>
<p>Thoughts?</p>
<p>i hate people like that. specially if its someone who thinks that they cannot ever be wrong.</p>
<p>depends on whether or not you reflect on your arguments later (or when you reconsider them)</p>
<p>they can be the most beneficial form of argumentation when used in the right way (as a means to improve your skills in arguments)</p>
<p>they’re especially beneficial when you get pwned (and realize you get pwned). sometimes that can change your perspective on things. And online, it’s more obvious who gets owned - since it’s all there for everyone to see - and the evidence is right there - unaffected by the decay and distortions of human memory (which usually tends to make oneself look better in one’s own eyes). </p>
<p>I know a forum where people have years’ worth of archives. Many of them are ashamed of their old posts. hahaha. I don’t think they would say the same things of their real lives - unless they had their real lives archives in something other than memory. :)</p>
<p>most people don’t even look at their arguments in the far past though, so they forget about them. I do though (as I archive everything) so I feel that online debating has improved my argumentation skills more than anything else</p>
<p>(but they do get really tiresome once you debate the same subject twice, unless you’ve changed in some way since).</p>
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Oh, God. I have to deal with That Kid every class. Once, we read a poem that was about regret, and after EVERYONE had analyzed certain lines to prove that regret was indeed a theme, That Kid raised his hand and said that he thought “that the poem was actually an uplifting one, as the narrator was moving on to a new stage of his life and leaving his old self behind.” If he had paid attention to tone, the imagery, or really just the poem ITSELF, he would have realized that this was impossible. So, (and keep in mind that he does this daily), I turned to him and told him that I thought he should really read the poem and think before opening his mouth to speak.
…It worked for about three days.</p>
<p>ANYWAY. I don’t know how I ended up writing so much about that, when all that I really wanted to say was: I agree completely. That’s why I rarely get into online debates… unless the argument is one that I’ve heard before/that I’ve already considered. Yep.</p>