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I agree in general that an open forum of ideas should be encouraged, but I have to make an exception for low-effort posts. They waste everyone's time.

(Not really a critique of your post but the one it responds to.)

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It isn’t really much of a discussion if low effort contrarianness doesn’t have a chance to surface thoughtful disagreements which otherwise get buried in more combative threads. The comment itself might not have taken much effort, but it can easily spawn a more interesting discussion by being so bare of nuance.

I like the way you think, and I do believe my original comment has spawned decent discussion

Good! Now the less quick trick is finding a way to affect discussion not just prompt it. It’s very similar but requires a lot more anticipation of other people’s emotional state.

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