But actually the big thing that helped me was sitting down and assessing why I wanted to correct this stuff. It never gave me any satisfaction, it never lead to anything I liked, and a good deal of it was likely venting trauma from being talked down to all my life. Once I put it together it just kind of stopped happening.

I usually reply once. I don’t argue. I said what I said, bye.

you don’t have a problem with stopping the argument. you have a problem with the desire to always be right. you’re compensating for a lack of recognition in your skills and intelligence in real life.

accept that you will never get that recognition and you will stop needing to be right.

I know this, because I was this.

next time you see something that someone said is wrong, just high five them and move on.

It’s okay with me if people are wrong. I disagree with everyone on at least one thing, I find, if I talk to them for more than a few minutes.

You could try this–offer your correction, and then never look at the thread again. Disengage. You’ve done all you can do, let it go. Eventually, you WILL get to that point, so get there quickly and on your terms.

It’s okay if people are wrong, and a lot of people are.

If you really can’t control yourself, then you might benefit from therapy.

I’m not exactly great at it myself… but my dad used to tell me a story from his job.

There was a guy that made some claims, another desperately trying to correct him and tell him he’s wrong. To no avail, afterwards, he turned to another person that had a doctorate in the very topic they were arguing about. And said “why didn’t you say anything!? You know he is wrong!”

To which the doctor replied “yeah, but it’s not my problem that he’s an idiot”

Can’t argue with people on social media if you’re not on social media.

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I only post on Lemmy and I don’t do a lot of arguing because it leads to beatdowns. Either I get beatdowns from idiots or I get a well-deserved beatdown because I’m the idiot. Get enough beatdowns and you too will tire of it - maybe you are now! Maybe this is a cry for help!

That’s not an argument.

Quite literally, you need to learn self-control, how to pick your fights, manage your emotions.

You really wanna let a bunch of random asshats on the internet live rent free in your head, dictate the emotional course of your day, your evening, your week?

This is where the ‘touch grass’ meme partially comes from.

Sometimes, you need to let go, walk away, pet a kitty, hug a dog, admire a tree… or more ideally, work on some hobby that you find fun and fulfilling, and is at least potentially ‘useful’ in some very broad kind of practical way.

Also, a lot of people are beyond wrong/misinformed; they’re actively committed to denying that they’re wrong, even after its been shown that they are wrong.

You can just block people who are unwilling to admit fault or learn.

Its doesn’t need to be your responsibility to personally deal with every dumb idiot asshole on the internet.

Bro dont argue on public social media especially fb. They’re idiots. I only stay there for marketplace and like 2 friends.

I wish i could voice my thoughts on fb but I’d get instantly labeled as a terrorist by the Drump regime for daring to go against dear leader and oligarchy.

On public social media they likely think I’m a right wing Drump voter 😄

Assume they don’t want to and can’t be corrected, because there’s a 99% chance that’s exactly the case.

Correct them once and move on, last say doesn’t mean shit when they’re wrong.

and in case you are wrong, acknowledgement goes a long way. be the example, but don’t expect it from anyone else.

I downvote and hide the thread. I used to argue with flerfs on Twitter years ago. Didn’t take long before I noticed they believe what they want. Trying to educate is a waste of my limited time.

The problem with the internet is that however many people to convince to join your side – or even just correct – there will always be more. It is beyound your capability to correct them all, and you will burn out. So why even start. The rule I follow is to only discuss politics when it’s face to face, IRL – like in a pub. These kinds of discussions are better IRL anyway because people feel a duty to keep discussions civil so there’s much less chance of it descending into a nasty flame war

Honestly, if you mean Facebook then I salute you for having the patience. If I had to correct the moronic comments I see whenever I use that platform I’d explode. It genuinely made me loose faith in democracy as a system. I honestly don’t think half of these people should have a vote.

That’s why I switched from Reddit. There were so many people to argue with, I never stopped! Around here, I still need to correct people occasionally, but it’s not constant and usually much more chill.