…but we both mean the same thing: (*Solanum tuberosum) **a starchy, tuberous crop from the perennial of the Solanaceae family…
*Or do we?
My question is when discussing/debating an issue, how do you reach consensus on a matter if you don’t even have a common understanding on the terms and issues at hand? Do you try and understand the other person’s perspective at all so that the conversation can be meaningful?
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Yeah if I have the time and energy left then I’d try to understand the other person’s understanding of a term/issue, otherwise I’d just swear at him/her.
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“It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.” ~ some smart dude~
I’m not going to blindly agree with the other side of the argument just to reach a consensus. If everything they say makes sense, I have no issue in accepting I was wrong, I have done so plenty of times on this forum. If I agree with bits of their argument, I will acknowledge that too. If everything they say sounds like nonsense to me, I won’t waste my time on understanding where they’re getting this twisted thinking from, I’ll agree to disagree and move on.
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I do , if agree or disagree depends how much weight is there in their argument.
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uff…so harsh!
I wonder how many will never see the sarcasm in your words…
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I am touched to started a thread in my honor. Now don’t derail this thread.
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You’re sort of my muse - now, chop, chop - start amusing me! Magic tricks or clown jokes are welcome 
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she said issues at hand 
He said I am touched
wait, what are we discussing here? 
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aaloo
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aaloo, kon bol raha hai?
This is how desi uncles talk on the phone
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aaloo there!
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it is really good to know the understanding of your opposite to whom you debating with.
it allows you to make good argument and possibly you could accept other POV.
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no aaloo, no potato
only batata rocks