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

[billd91]

You ever see a response to a post that zigs one way when it really should be zagging because it's clear someone misread the post they're responding to? There are sometimes the difference is so stark I want to ask "Are you having a stroke?"

 

[Autumnal]

I am not unacquainted with such, alas.

 

[Hussar]

Since when did posting a link to some random Youtuber become a valid argument?

 

[prabe]

"I didn't say that!"

No, but what you said was dripping with implications.

 

[Autumnal]

Since when did posting a link to some random Youtuber become a valid argument?

I’ve got a 17-hour video about mollusks here that will explain.

(It is weird how it seems to have very suddenly arrived as a routine expectation by a population of folks.)

 

[CleverNickName]

Bob: "Come on in and grab a plate. Just so you know, it's Hawaiian pizza night."
Jim: "No worries, I can just pick off the pineapple."
Bob: "How dare you tell me what to order!"
Jim: "Um...what? No, I was just saying it's cool, I can pick off the pineap--"
Bob: "There will never be anchovies in my house, Jim!"
Jim: "But I didn't say anything ab--"
Bob: "Stop telling me how to eat pizza!"
Jim: "I'm so confused."

 

[Scribe]

Since when did posting a link to some random Youtuber become a valid argument?

Considering 'I found it on the internet' that vehicle by which any and every insane, disjointed, absolute nonsense belief can find its tribe/followers/believers, is the new standard for discussion?

 

[MarkB]

You ever see a response to a post that zigs one way when it really should be zagging because it's clear someone misread the post they're responding to? There are sometimes the difference is so stark I want to ask "Are you having a stroke?"

The best ones are when they correct a perceived inaccuracy, and their correction is essentially a re-statement of the post they've quoted.

 

[payn]

Since when did posting a link to some random Youtuber become a valid argument?

Hi, welcome.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I wonder if there's been a lot of research on parasocial relationships. They really baffle me, but the past few years have shown me that the way I think doesn't mean anything about how anyone else does.