new Sin I've noticed: using shitty (weak) arguments for things Spose you have some preference or normative belief, and you try to justify a policy implied by this belief using a transparently (to someone who doesnt share your preference) dumb argument with a positive component
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very quickly everything becomes very dumb i guess this is just the human condition in conclusion, Become Epicurean i guess
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none of my friends ever stepped up to defend my dumb arguments

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this may be a reflection that my arguments were in fact too dumb for even my friends to defend
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or perhaps your arguments, were Good (or perhaps no one actually bothered to attack them because of obscurity?)
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I refuse to believe my arguments are good, so it’s almost certainly the latter. I have noticed in irl discussions that my friends have been far more willing to call each other out on our bullshit though, due to this exact problem
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cultivate an ingroup that shits on each other's arguments for funsies
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Not certain about all this, but have definitely noticed social sunk cost as a major component in group pathologies. Maybe it's just more pleasurable to be dumb together... even better if another tribe is eager to play ball.
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