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{{g}}You will be familiar with the experience of the futile argument with to someone who holds a contrary idea to yours. If you’re not, what the hell were you ''doing'' at university? The atheist who heckles the born-again preacher — or vice versa — will know this feeling. So will Marxists who engage capitalists, climate deniers who take on lentil-munching XR eco-warrior types and anyone who’s tried to querying [[force ranking]] with [[HR]].  
{{g}}You will be familiar with the experience of the futile argument with to someone who holds a contrary idea to yours. If you’re not, what the hell were you ''doing'' at university? The atheist who heckles the born-again preacher — or vice versa — will know this feeling. So will Marxists who engage capitalists, climate deniers who take on lentil-munching XR eco-warrior types and anyone who’s tried querying [[force ranking]] with [[HR]].  


This kind of arguments is fruitless — exhilarating, for a while, but quite pointless — at least until you pushes one hot button too far, and it’s all-out war.
This kind of arguments is fruitless — exhilarating, for a while, but quite pointless — at least until you pushes one hot button too far, and it’s all-out war.