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Imustaskforhelpyesterday at 5:21 PM2 repliesview on HN

Maybe its me but I had to look at the term sealioning and for context for other people

According to merriam-webster, sealioning/sealions are:

> 'Sealioning' is a form of trolling meant to exhaust the other debate participant with no intention of real discourse.

> Sealioning refers to the disingenuous action by a commenter of making an ostensible effort to engage in sincere and serious civil debate, usually by asking persistent questions of the other commenter. These questions are phrased in a way that may come off as an effort to learn and engage with the subject at hand, but are really intended to erode the goodwill of the person to whom they are replying, to get them to appear impatient or to lash out, and therefore come off as unreasonable.


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squigzyesterday at 6:04 PM

The issue: how do you know when someone is doing this vs genuinely trying to learn?

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qcnguyyesterday at 7:22 PM

Of course, that's exactly what someone who keeps losing debates would say about their opponents.

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