The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[Parmandur]

And the pineapple pizza analogy can't be applied to everything

Sometimes we got to bust out the anchovies on pizza.

Or dog turds in a Chicago deep dish style pie.

 

[Jahydin]

We could fix a lot of these problem threads just by saying, flat out, when people are arguing in bad faith.

Is arguing in bad faith always a bad thing?

I've always saw it as the first step in considering a different point of view. The fact someone is at least polite enough to pretend to listen to what I say is still better than just ignoring me, haha.

Unless I'm completely missing what arguing in bad faith entails.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Is arguing in bad faith always a bad thing?

I've always saw it as the first step in considering a different point of view. The fact someone is at least polite enough to pretend to listen to what I say is still better than just ignoring me, haha.

Unless I'm completely missing what arguing in bad faith entails.

You are describing good faith.

Bad faith is going through all of that with no intention of having an open mind and considering what you hear in response.

 

[MarkB]

And the pineapple pizza analogy can't be applied to everything

And can lead to confusion - it may turn out that the thing you were thinking was pineapple is the thing the other poster was referring to as pepperoni, and the thing they thought was pineapple was the anchovies in your analogy.

 

[Jahydin]

You are describing good faith.

Bad faith is going through all of that with no intention of having an open mind and considering what you hear in response.

I guess when I engage people online, I kind of expect them to not take my opinion seriously if it runs contrary to their own. To me, that's just kinda' how people work, especially as they get older and their beliefs get more solidified.

Even if they have no intention of considering my opinion, I think pretending is still a pretty polite first step, haha. It at least gets a discussion going.

 

[trappedslider]

Until this thread existed I never knew that food analogies could be stretched to a breaking point and then further.

 

[Cadence]

Until this thread existed I never knew that food analogies could be stretched to a breaking point and then further.

I mean, if all you've had is floppy New York style pizza you don't really appreciate how much cheese can fit on (or in) a slice.... and how stretchy it can be!

 

[Cadence]

But seriously, we can switch analogies. But if they're too often too obviously referring to certain sides in threads we'll get shut down. And if this thread becomes the home of actual serious topics that continue beyond a few posts, then it runs either the risk of doing that too or of not being a hopefully comfortable place for a lot of different folks to come and vent.

 

[Gradine]

Look, sometimes pizzas want to be savory pies, and sometimes savory pies want to be pizzas, and calzones and hot pockets are equally valid

 

[Emoshin]

Hey that's cool, my thing is catching on