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The Easiest Way to Figure Out the Answer to a Particular Question is to Confidently Post the Incorrect Answer on Reddit or Lemmy (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by Zuberi@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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I swear you don't even care about the answer, you just want to be "right."

Some might consider that arguing in bad faith, but I consider that a blue herring.

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[–] Boozilla@lemmy.world 33 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yup. It's sometimes referred to as Cunningham's Law.

[–] bloopernova@programming.dev 33 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Damnit, I was going to post "yeah it's called Cunnington's Law" and see who fell for it.

[–] Boozilla@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago

Sorry. That would have been funny!