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Has the "worst person you know" ever actually made a GREAT point? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Objection@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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We all know the meme, but most of the time it's referenced about someone shitty saying something you already agree with. What I wanna hear about is a time when someone who you broadly disagree with actually gave you some kind of new insight about something - even if you didn't end up coming around to their point of view. Maybe they gave you a piece of a puzzle that you were missing, but then you built on that in a completely different way.

Doesn't have to actually be "the worst person you know," interpret it however you like.

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago

I found most people in the right situation on the right topic can be knowledgeable or insightful even if they are sorta assholes in general. I mean there are other people I know who are so often knowledgeable and useful that your like woa. Even this person does not know what to do in the rare case they don't or can't add something useful.