It will take hold of you, and you will regret it's absence
- a stupid idiot who thought they could explain why arbitrary age limits are a poor heuristic for experience to a /r/politics user
god typing that out really sells the stupid idiot part huh
I typically give it 1-2 responses. I never make that 3rd.
A great rule for arguing on the internet, along with remembering that you're really making your point for lurkers reading along instead of the person responding to you.
Good rule of thumb. If one writes more than 5 sentences each time, it shouldn't take more than 2 attempts to see whether the other guy is deficient. Anything after that should boil down to a no-effort "get bent"