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It happens all the time, but it's usually because I realize that either:
That last one I like to call "spotting the hill I don't wanna die on"
Really well put.
I responded to a "why do Conservatives feel x" sort of of post as I have a few conservative friends and we'd talked about it.
Ended up in a multi day back and forth where I was accused of being everything from Hitler to sociopathic and had one person follow my comments around for a while afterwards.
And in the end? I feel no one was informed and none of it had any reward.
...are you me?
No, you're me.
As a serial comment deleter in rehabilitation, I try hard to not post things that I feel likely I could end up deleting. That's why sometimes I don't click submit.
I didn't know people were allowed to research before commenting! /s
Yeah, I try to limit it, but occasionally there will be some half-ass historical event or fact that I remember as part of my argument and I'll go to look it up and realize the actual facts of the matter contradict whatever point I was trying to make. So then I just delete the comment and move on, "Well... I guess I didn't have anything to say about that after all."