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spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

A few months ago a Lemmy user demanded sources for a comment I made. Since they literally could have found the information with less effort by a Google search I refused to do it for them. Other Lemmy users argued that I should be this lazy dope’s reference librarian, and another idiot actually did the Google search and posted the results.

People are astoundingly lazy and even Lemmy users want to be spoon-fed.

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Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
In a debate, if you make a claim the onus to provide a source is on you; not the person you’re arguing with.

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- ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  You’re a map person, not a terrain person, huh?
  
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- spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Who said anything about a debate?
  
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Grimy@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
If its the first link on google, I usually just give them the lmgtfy link to make it clear that they are being lazy.

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- spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  It was and I should have probably done the same.
  
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sundray@lemmus.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
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It’s not about wanting information. It’s about dragging you into an endless, un-resolvable discussion.

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