What’s a common “fact” that’s spread around that’s actually not true and pisses you off that too many people believe it?

  • Whitebrow@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    Agreeing to disagree is only applicable to matters of taste.

    Example would be a preference of maple or agave syrup with your choice of cooked dough.

    One cannot agree to disagree when one of the parties is factually wrong.

    • dragonlover@lemmy.zip
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      12 hours ago

      I see the “agree to disagree” as a bit of a social flag for the conversation that says “I don’t wish to get into it / continue arguing about it” because there is no way to respond to it. If you try to continue the debate you look like an asshole, and if you drop it the person who says it gets to continue being wrong without being challenged.

      It’s very annoying and I hate it.