• Tmiwi@lemmy.world
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      9 days ago

      Yep, not everyone is an armchair whatever. Some of us have specific knowledge in certain areas (through hard work) and like to counter misinformation.

      Still get called armchair so and so’s though…

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        Main problem being anyone can pretend to be anything. It’s why I leave my profession out of my comments and always link to sources. Not that it helps much

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          Yes well I agree, my knowledge in my field isn’t something I came up with, but it does allow me to point towards that knowledge so others may learn.

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    Hey at least you guys all have fact checkers in your pockets now lol

    Imagine what this was like when we had to go to the library and find a book to prove them wrong lmao

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    A lady who supposedly “worked for a water company” and won’t drink tap water argued very confidently this morning that the little flakes you can see in tap water are not minerals. I put on my serious research face, but only had to do one Google search (they’re minerals).

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    For the things that motivate me to do this, been thinking that what I should do is start a blog, grab the offending comment and rephrase it as something more generalized, and then debunk it in my own blog posts. Just do not have the energy to get tied up in comment threads that are pointless anymore.

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    9 days ago

    Yeah, when I have to do long terms of intense comprehensive study I have to be in an ergonomic position and it’s important to keep your blood sugar up so you don’t feel lethargic.