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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SlyFlourish" data-source="post: 9654001" data-attributes="member: 54840">For me, a real game changer is recognizing the difference between a fact and a preference. Game X sucks is very different than Game X isn’t for me. “not for me” is a powerful way to recognize that others can still like something even though we don’t. And, of course, instead of having to put “not for me” on everything we don’t like, we can simply keep our mouths shut and let people enjoy what they enjoy. That doesn’t work for everything, of course. Sometimes a topic isn’t about preference but about some larger truth. In some of these cases, when we run across someone who disagrees with our assessment of the truth, we can ask whether it matters at all if we do or don’t convince them. What’s our real point and impact? Sometimes it’s to help inform others even if we don’t convince the one we’re talking to and that’s valuable. But debate is often just debate. We’re very unlikely to change someone’s mind and if we do, so what?</blockquote>