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I am part of this 62%. I share fewer and fewer opinions. It's not that they are controversial, but that doing so is pointless and tedious.

I love a good debate, but they are fewer and further between.

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It is useless to have a conversation with those who will not listen. It is useless to debate those who cannot change their mind. Fewer people, on both sides, are willing to listen, think, and fairly consider a viewpoint that doesn't match their own. As you say, trying to talk about stuff is (far too often) pointless and tedious.

Even on anonymous forums i've stopped sharing them for this reason, as well as the fact that at a quite small amount of negative karma your account gets shadow banned (Reddit). +It gets tedious on the 7th account created.

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