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Someone argued that I was actually probably Russian like their grandfather, not Polish because Polish and Russian is both Slavic and therefore the DNA test and our culture is probably wrong and I was Russian the whole time.

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[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 4 points 27 minutes ago

One coworker claimed that all seedless fruit are genetically modified. I explained that it’s just good old selective breeding. No fancy tech required, though gene editing can achieve the same result. I even pulled up the relevant Wikipedia article to back it up. His response? And I quote:

Wikipedia, it's all lies.

That hit me like a mental blue screen of death. My brain froze for a solid few seconds before rebooting. Once I recovered, I realized I’d just witnessed what might be the dumbest argument I’ve ever heard in person.

At that point, I knew he was far beyond reason, so it was time to cut my losses. I let him keep his distorted worldview and steered the conversation toward less soul-crushing topics. It’s a coping strategy I’d learned a few years earlier: when you encounter people like that, you can either bang your head against the brick wall or simply walk around it. Once you realize it’s not a problem you can solve, it’s better to just avoid it.

[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 6 points 36 minutes ago (1 children)

I'm usually the one who makes arguments wierd

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 4 points 26 minutes ago (1 children)

I bet $1 I could out-weird you.

[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 2 points 23 minutes ago* (last edited 23 minutes ago)

Nice try P Diddy. I can't get fooled again 😑

[–] lilcutie24@sh.itjust.works 4 points 46 minutes ago

people kept trying to convince me i was lesbian when i was straight as a younger teen. as it turns out, im bisexual

[–] PoorYorick@lemmy.world 2 points 27 minutes ago

I got into a loud verbal altercation with a teacher at one point who insisted I was asleep while I was arguing with them.

[–] EndlessApollo@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

Someone on lemmy made a comment that basically said people dislike .ml for bad reasons, and I replied that I don't like them bc I don't like fans of regimes that would have me killed for being queer. He called me a liberal, I replied that I hate democrats at least as much as him, and he said "is it because they're not killing Palestinians swiftly enough for you?" shit had me fuming, still kinda does tbh cx who the fuck calls someone a zionist for disliking the guys supporting zionist genocide???? (the answer is it was Ensign_Crab, fuck that leftist infighting weirdo. he prob only said I wanna kill Palestinians bc every right wing accusation is a confession)

[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 3 points 22 minutes ago
[–] blackwitch@lemmy.eco.br 3 points 57 minutes ago (1 children)

What the hell!?!?!? That's horrible...

[–] EndlessApollo@lemmy.world 4 points 37 minutes ago

It's extra bewildering bc I always liked the takes of his I saw around Lemmy, being told I love genocide by another "lefty" felt 100x worse than any of the other weirdos who say things like that to strangers

An idiot once argued that I support totalitarianism because my parents' country was once occupied by the Soviet Union. I will not say what I wish on this person. It's like saying that I support violence because I was punched in the face...

[–] 0x0f@piefed.social 6 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Someone once argued and kept insisting that I was a workaholic, despite me never being one.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 4 points 57 minutes ago

There's nothing worse than a workaholic in denial.

[–] wendyz@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Someone argued with me, coincidentally, a Spanish-American, that I am actually Mexican.

[–] HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

People trying to convince you that you are different than what you are is the funniest

[–] wendyz@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 hour ago