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[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I am concerned that people will read your comment, and end up using dangerous dull knives.

I don't really want to get into an argument, but most people will put off doing anything even mildly complicated to the point that they never do it. If you never sharpen your knives, then you will end up with dull knives, which is the worst possible outcome.

Pull through sharpeners do actually sharpen the blade. I don't know where you got your information from. You certainly don't have to sharpen a knife every time, but even if you did, it would be something quick and simple that anybody could do.

There are also different levels of pull through sharpeners, some that make multiple passes for different types of blade care. But any sharpener, even the most basic pull through, is better than a dull blade.

A person who uses a pull through sharpener will generally know when they need to start looking into more advanced methods. I do not think it is safe to warn beginners off of using the tools that they are most likely to actually use.

[–] Carnelian@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Most people are in fact not infants who can’t understand any “mildly complicated” concepts, nor is that audience reading this exchange

[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Is that confidence based off of your gut feelings? Because my statement was based off of similar research done by behavioral economists.

[–] Carnelian@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Was that research summarized for you in a youtube short?

[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

If it was, would that be worse than the zero research you've done?

[–] Carnelian@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, literally everyone would prefer the opinion of a random person who’d never heard of the topic before today, over the regurgitated opinion of someone who instantly believes manosphere influencers when they say everyone is dumb except for you

[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I see that you read "behavioral economics scientists" and wrote "manosphere influencers". There isn't much of a chance that you did this on accident.

[–] Carnelian@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Yes, like all written words, they were intentionally chosen. In this case, they were chosen because your rhetoric is identical to that of these toxic charlatans. If you told me you paid for an online seminar I would be unsurprised.

Why is this fantasy of intellectual superiority so appealing to you, would you guess?