Twenty years ago, I met a couple with a young son who decided not to let the kid have sugar. I wonder how that might have worked out for the kid now that he’s grown.

I assume the kid hit 18 and went on a sugar binge as soon as he tasted it the first time.

Anyone have experience with this?

  • HikingVet@lemmy.ca
    512·
    4 days ago

    They didn’t address my point at all and went for the extreme opposite. As if it was a gotcha.

    • SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works
      10·
      4 days ago

      One of the things that makes me ignore my mastodon account is how quickly people take offence there, even going so far as to try to shut down conversation threads on their posts as though they don’t expect any depth or variant viewpoints. While there are lots of “reply guy” types over there, even the hint of disagreement, perceived or real, is seen as objectionable.

      This response is similar.

      • HikingVet@lemmy.ca
        115·
        4 days ago

        Nah man, I just dislike when people do shit like he did thinking they have a point.

        Also nice knee jerk reaction.

        Edit: in what world is a counterpoint agreement?

        • cAUzapNEAGLb@lemmy.world
          152·
          4 days ago

          This is so frustrating

          The commenter was building on top of your argument

          You said prohibition wasnt healthy

          They said total absence of control wasnt healthy

          They implicitly agreed with you that prohibition wasnt healthy

          I then spell it out for you that the message being built, that almost certainly you also agree with, is that moderation is the answer.

          A counterpoint turns a random point into a line, a line into a polygon, a polygon into a solid, etc.

          That counterpoint gave your message an extra and important dimmension. They thought your message was correct but lacking neccisary nuance.

          For some reason you got peeved with that, and i think that looks poorly on you, not anyone else.