Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 1 year agoWhen you vet someone for whether you can be close friends with them, what's a seemingly unimpactful characteristic about someone that would instantly rule them out as a potential close friend for you?message-squaremessage-square39 fedilinkarrow-up147
arrow-up147message-squareWhen you vet someone for whether you can be close friends with them, what's a seemingly unimpactful characteristic about someone that would instantly rule them out as a potential close friend for you?Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 1 year agomessage-square39 Commentsfedilink
minus-squarenothacking@discuss.tchncs.dehexbear7·edit-21 year agoRefusing to participate in a civil discussion, but instead resorting to ad hominem (attacking the person not the argument) or refusing to consider the other sides argument. If they do this any minor dispute will escalate to a flame war. linkfedilink
minus-squareHadriscus@lemm.eehexbear5·1 year agoYou probably got machine-corrected, that's ad hominem. But yes, not being able to handle an argument healthily is a big handicap in life linkfedilink
Refusing to participate in a civil discussion, but instead resorting to ad hominem (attacking the person not the argument) or refusing to consider the other sides argument. If they do this any minor dispute will escalate to a flame war.
You probably got machine-corrected, that's ad hominem. But yes, not being able to handle an argument healthily is a big handicap in life
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