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Is there ever a reason to not prove something if it can be proven?

scribz said Perhaps i'm necroing these threads considering the 3 week rule, but equally considering the lack of activity here I don't see it as a big deal.

It's fine. :P
OT needs the boost in activity anyways.

scribz said So, first note...I disagree with MDK's change, as it subtly moves it from being a matter of "When proving something is detrimental" to "Justify why you should prove it". Which to me, kinda changes the default, as I see proving things to be intrinsically a good thing, rather than a bad thing.

Good point. :/
Just treat it then as if both of the questions are being asked.

scribz said My answer to the actual question would be "When it proves detrimental to the well beings of others, without a means to participate resolve on both parties". That basically means, anything beyond "Oh i'm a bit upset from being proven wrong, I may need to question my identity and actions in reflection to this new world view now proven".

So if I'm reading this right (and I'm thinking I'm not) you're saying something shouldn't be proven if it causes someone else to feel bad in a severe way?

mdk said *nobody* admits they're wrong and comes away better for it.

I have all the time.

I used to be a Christian, Homophobic, Anti-Vaccine, Pro-Life, Women suck individual.
But due to conversation, debate and admitting I was wrong I'm a Atheist, Straight Ally, Pro-Vaccine, Pro-Choice, Gender Egalitarian. And happier for it.

Zoe Quinn.

Hellis said I doubt its a pure reaction of criticism rather then a capitilization on gamers anger. Gamers are gonna get drawn to the bullshit and create adrevenue. EVERYTHING is a business.

Perhaps, but considering they are game journalist, so the very people they are crapping on are/were their revenue it's career suicide. Just suicide that gives one last fat paycheck.

Genetics Determine Political Ideology

I think obviously there's something 'Genetic' influencing it if you boil it down to the way our brain acts and sends signals. Our brain signals and our hormones essentially make up everything we are, what we do, what we like, what we think. It's impossible for anything we do to not be connected to it in someway.

So for the sake of argument, I'm ignoring brain signals and speaking strictly pre-existing genetic code you're born with. If I were to theorize I'd guess there are some ideologies you are more susceptible to, but which one you ultimately adopt is mostly based on individual experiences, and allowed you to adopt certain values, opinions and mindsets.

The Fappening

K-97 said
Go back to Reddit. Plenty of people want to talk over there. This is literally the only place I can avoid''the Fappening''; don't ruin it.

Spam is part of the Internet, it can't hide anymore from this stuff than anywhere else can. :P

So I was hanging out in my dorm room

College spirit's of students who failed their classes, who have sworn vengeance against new students by knocking over their posters.

I Guess it Has Only Been A Few Months

Kaga said Haha, thanks. People around RPG had been telling me I seemed mentally older for a while now. I guess it kind of used to be my thing? Idk. o.oIt's not so much the presence of so many really young Spammers that gets me (although... that is part of it), as it is the fact that, when I was 15, I recall being one of the youngest members here - or at least I like I was one of the youngest. I'd kind of gotten so used to that feeling that all of a sudden I realized I'd gotten considerably closer to the average Spam age and that there are now a lot of members younger than me... and that was weird to accept.

I'm only slightly older than you, but I always felt like I was the average age for spam. Maybe it's just a matter of perspective.
But I will say this, with older members choosing to stick around for so many years the average age of spam has slowly been rising.

(And yes guys, even when I'm not posting in spam it doesn't mean I'm not watching what's going on at times).

Boredom Needs a Hype Man

Cpt Toellner said Do you seriously think people care?I can't tell if you really are this full of yourself, or if you are a, master troll.

Any post is made with the intention of someone reading it.
So I don't see why an attempt to make it easier to keep track of/follow is suddenly being full of one's self.

Zoe Quinn.

Hellis said It's a sensationalist tropé; Death of <insert here> is as old as journalism itself. The funny part is that more serius institutions are past the whole thing and covering the fact that E-sports is getting huge and that gamers are entering mainstream as 'athletes'. Making these so called "Gaming Journalists" look twice as dumb in the process.

Oh it's definitely a sensationalist trope.
It's just that the specific timing of it doesn't make it seem like a typical trope thing, but rather a reaction to how all the heat they've been getting from gamers lately.

I need a bit of help

Boredom Needs a Hype Man

Doivid said
I would have called it a full 2 joricks but I had to deduct some because a lot of your post was like paragraph long quotes.

Yea, I was debating shortening Jorick's quotes.
But then I was worried it might confuse people as to what parts specifically were being addressed.