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minus-square@Cryophilialink-9•26 days agoIf I suspected you might be actually conversing in good faith, I’d expend the effort. But I’ve seen this kind of rhetorical trap before. It’s not quite sealioning, but similar.
minus-square@stanleytweedlelinkEnglish5•26 days agoYet you’ll expend the effort to explain why you won’t expend any effort to make an actual point- lol. I’m starting to think maybe you don’t know what you’re talking about at all ;)
minus-square@Cryophilialink0•25 days agoBig difference between saying “ha I’m not falling for that” and finding sources. The former requires little effort.
minus-square@stanleytweedlelinkEnglish1•24 days agoYeah- makes it clear you’re just driven by emotion and don’t have any reasoned points to make.
If I suspected you might be actually conversing in good faith, I’d expend the effort. But I’ve seen this kind of rhetorical trap before. It’s not quite sealioning, but similar.
Yet you’ll expend the effort to explain why you won’t expend any effort to make an actual point- lol.
I’m starting to think maybe you don’t know what you’re talking about at all ;)
Big difference between saying “ha I’m not falling for that” and finding sources. The former requires little effort.
Yeah- makes it clear you’re just driven by emotion and don’t have any reasoned points to make.
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Yep- just like that.