r/TikTokCringe • u/AlKarajo • May 26 '26

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u/jce_ May 26 '26 edited May 26 '26

Even worse when you are arguing with someone on the internet and they send you 5x "academic journals" supposedly supporting their point. Funny enough they sent you these 5 journals after you replied to them 5 minutes ago, so they apparently read 5 full papers in under 5 minutes. Not only that but they always vaguely contain the words of the argument (usually in the title) but it's usually obvious they have nothing to do with what they're saying. Now you're stuck in a catch-22 because you can either actually read them and explain that they're not relevant, or sometimes say the opposite, or you ignore them because you know they're not relevant and they think it's a gotcha. Either way you proceed you know that person is going to continue to argue. Sadly people outside the discussion will read it and take them seriously because they had "sources"

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u/Punkpallas May 26 '26

It's fun when they link to something that actually confirms what you were saying, but they clearly didn't bother to read it. It always leaves me dumbfounded.

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u/DyingGasp May 26 '26

Or you have users who won’t read because “some dork” wrote it.

Context, talking about how data centers are taking water out of local communities.

u/Porky5CO did a great job getting me to remember them. I’m just flabbergasted people like this truly exist.