I’m sympathetic to people who are just like, “Diplomacy! I Diplomacy the guy” especially when they are stuck and trying to get the game moving in some way. I’m less sympathetic to people who don’t learn what the actual mechanic is (like, Diplomacy in D&D is not a “persuade people you are right” skill) that they’re grasping for. Sometimes through nobody’s fault the game kind of grinds down a bit and you need a bit of a jump start to get it going, and for a player, that means they reach for a mechanic.