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'At least I annoyed someone' is one of the biggest red flags for a fool who thinks they are smart.

Parties interested in intelligent discourse will avoid you, and lurking readers will cement their opion as opposite yours.

It's the scream of a child rationalising rejection.

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This is true in some forums, but not on this one. On this one, posting things that are even slightly non-consensus leads to grumbling and downvotes.

Far fewer people can downvote than can upvote, though. You generally have to post something a little more evocative than "slightly non-consensus".

But even taking your argument at face value, even if you take pride in having annoyed people for having expressed an opinion you find valuable, it's boring and petulant and ugly to then brag about it. Surely you can't be arguing for that kind of behavior.

You know the saying: flak in the ass is a good sign you're on target!

Yeah once it becomes clear you’re in the kind of forum I am talking about the satisfaction doesn’t come from the presumed effect on others but the signal that you actually may have said something important.

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