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[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

It's my favorite argumentative tactic. I've been in a months long debate with youtube losers about whether one of every Pokemon would beat 1,000,000,000 (one billion) lions

[–] Steeve@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I feel like you aren't the winner in this scenario regardless

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am, because for all the effort people put into copying and pasting pokedex entries, I can simply reply with "but a billion lions is a lot of lions, it's too many lions" and get another dozen replies

[–] Steeve@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Whatever floats your boat man, I guess I just don't get how being an internet troll brings joy

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

It's just funny seeing people work themselves up over someone thinking a wrong thing about a video game. It's not like I'm harassing people or anything