ThreadMode is great, but any kind of dialog can easily get off the path of healthy discourse and onto the path of
YabbitsAndAntiYabbits:
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- Up is up, and down is down, there's no arguing with that.
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- Yabbit, there's always sideways, and we have to consider that.
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- Yabbit, what I'm saying is that in turns of verticality, there is up and there is also down.
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- Yabbit, you're wrong in saying that, because of the whole left-to-rightness issue and how it intercedes.
...and so on, ad infinitum...
If you find yourself saying 'Yeah, but...' too often in a dialog, whether you use those simple words or not, give it a re-think. On the other hand, if someone's yabbiting
you, it's a good time to
OnlySayThingsThatCanBeHeard.
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