Meh. People give so little effort to understanding that when you are misunderstood the best response may be to forget about it.

I've found that, even in a professional environment where the recipient is supposed to take it seriously, if I ask two questions I'll get an answer to one of them. If I make two points, only one of them will get noticed. Best case.

So, with so little effort going into understanding, even when it's important, how can you possibly expect argumentative discourse to be fully understood?

I was unclear? Maybe. But it's not unlikely that being exhaustively clear would be pointless. Legal precision in an internet argument? Not from me.

In my old age I've adopted a new internet arguing tactic. I make my point once, spending only as much time as is appropriate being precise. I accept there will be some who won't understand, and there will be sociopaths that will intentionally distort what I said because it's easier to argue against words they put in my mouth rather than the words that actually came from my mouth. But the strategy is to not care enough to waste my time. Some people simply *must* be right, and I've never seen an argument "won".

Have you ever seen an internet argument end with, "Oh, I guess you're right!"?

I'm not waiting for it.