christ, "logical fallacy" and "no, you're upset" in one reply. you're making me nostalgic for teenage trolls of the 90s
(, Sat 19 Mar 2022, 15:44, Reply)
I see a media outlet make a claim with spurious validity ('These cosmonauts are wearing yellow in solidarity with Ukraine!', 'The Ghost of Kiev!', 'Russian armoured vehicle deliberately runs over old man in car!', etc) and - like we all should - do a small amount of digging to see if there might be a more rational or less sensational explanation for what I'm seeing.
You can call that pro-Russian/antiāUkrainian/Fascist/whatevs all day long if you like. I prefer cynical.
You, on the other hand, when presented with an alternative explanation seem to go into a full-on meltdown. It really can't be healthy, pal. Feel free to ignore me if my more rational approach to 21st century clickbait hurts your feelings, it certainly won't hurt mine.
(, Sat 19 Mar 2022, 15:54, Reply)
if you're really fascinated by my emotional psychology, this is pretty much the timeline
"a coincidence?. surely he must know how moronic that sounds? I'll make a joke about it that shows the glaringly obvious reason it's moronic"
"he really doesn't see it. I shouldn't engage, it's pointless"
"ah fuck it, I've got time, and it''ll be fun explaining it. and besides, this is about third time he defended putin talking out his arse in almost as many days"
""strawman?" . I was right, I shouldn't have engaged. Why is there such a high correlation between people mentioning logical fallacies in arguments and immature fuckwits? it's the biggest red flag. And the "no you're upset" gambit. How long since I saw that. 15 years? you brought this on yourself cumquat.
Look now he's making some new claim about university colours as if that changes things. If it was someone on the street I could just pretend I had to get a bus and rush off.
oh christ, now he's actually calling himself a rational skeptic. I wonder if he owns a fedora"
(, Sat 19 Mar 2022, 16:30, Reply)
Do you pair need some sexi teim to yourselves? Without being too obvious, you both come across as complete utter pricks.
(, Sun 20 Mar 2022, 1:31, Reply)
maybe if we still had it I wouldn't have to amuse myself by getting involved in this kind of unedifying drivel
(, Sun 20 Mar 2022, 10:20, Reply)