Sealioning: A Guide, by Shadowfire
Have you ever found yourself in an exhausting conversation with someone who insisted they were just asking good faith questions? Someone who insisted upon demanding evidence for something you said, when the evidence is all over the internet?
That wasn't a person. It was a sea lion.
Okay, not really, but it sounds good. That's because the practice of sealioning was named by the author of this comic:
Once you lose your temper, they can claim victory, because surely if you had evidence, you wouldn't get so angry.
Now that you know exactly what to look for, you can save your energy in order to interact with people who actually do want to understand your point of view.
That wasn't a person. It was a sea lion.
Okay, not really, but it sounds good. That's because the practice of sealioning was named by the author of this comic:
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The strategy of sealioning consists of jumping into the middle of a conversation and exhausting the other person by persistently demanding evidence while pretending to be polite. Sea lions can keep it up for days, or even weeks at a time. Their purpose is not to learn. It is to drive you crazy. Once you lose your temper, they can claim victory, because surely if you had evidence, you wouldn't get so angry.
Now that you know exactly what to look for, you can save your energy in order to interact with people who actually do want to understand your point of view.
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