This Comment is an All-Timer

Think for a moment on the purpose of that utterance.

- Reminds me of arguing with my brother on social media. He's a fucking idiot but when you say the right things, it triggers something in him and he starts using "ergo" instead of therefore randomly out of the blue.
- Forsooth
- Okay but also sometimes I get afraid of being misunderstood and I think a lot of ND people have that kind of experience and a sort of self-protection thing is then being very specific in your language

A human being did not post that, that was posted by a fedora that gained sentience.

I gotta be honest, "I can tell you're assumptive (i.e stupid)" is a solid line and I thought it was written by a hexbear

Spoilers: burden of proof

I'm dead

I'm flat out on the floor

The worms are coming for me

I teach a writing class for (aspiring) scientists, and it is so hard to train some smart people out of writing this way. Some people just think that using big words and complicated sentence structure is the best (or only) way to communicate important ideas. The idea that you should always use the simplest language that will do the job takes a lot of getting used to for certain folks. The way some academics write does not help.

I think it comes back to media, the "scientist" in most films and tv shows will use big words to show how smart they are and these people internalise that idea.
- No, it's mostly because STEM types (including me) have a lot to say (not necessarily insightful) but often lack the writing skills necessary to say them concisely because we focused on studying science instead of literature.
  Literary writers who don't understand science and just make up mumbo jumbo have the exact opposite problem that we do.
- I feel like this says a lot about writers lol

Link, this person shows their entire ass all throughout the comment chain lmao

Nope. Trotskyist with some influences from Bakunin. And in case anyone wants to whine against Trotsky, check rule #3 (No sectarianism) .
Is it really sectarianism if it Trotsky and Bakunin though?
- I posted a meme about sectarianism and Trotskyism and it spawned a very nice conversation. The general agreement was that light ribbing was almost always fine and it was okay to be a tiny bit meanier to trots because they're dorks that split the party whenever they can.
I get the feeling lots of threads on that comm will end up just like that.
This is the post all the drama is about. CW for SA and vile apologia thereof.
- it's just them being so mean to me
  Funny how it's always how they start off when banned
Edited just for us lmao
Thank you for posting the link so I didn't have to. I thought it was funnier without context because the comment itself doesn't reference anything outside of it

Most well adjusted lost lib

Multiple new site tag lines at once!

So... Now that you have had a moment to think about it, what was the purpose of that utterance? I bet it was great!

Sometimes I think about venturing onto .ml or .world or one of those other instances, then I just see...all of that and don't bother. The smug redditisms, the trying to "umm acktually" their way out of supporting SA, the paragraphs upon paragraphs of fancy words that say nothing at all. The insane conspiracies about Hexbear...it's all just so pathetic.

The whole thread, the entire thing that starts with that weirdo apologist getting banned, is an alltimer

classic "iamverysmart", in that thread, had a sensible chuckle.

"The word is 'gullibility'" killed me lmao