• self@awful.systems
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    3 months ago

    holy shit, imagine getting a second chance to not be a fucking debatelord and doubling down this hard

    off you fuck

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        3 months ago

        Since you’re the mod here, let me ask you.

        1. Is the tone that I’m adopting across this comment chain OK? Or should I tone it down?
        2. Is this sort of discussion OK, regarding content?
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      3 months ago

      People just out here acting like a fundamentally, inextricably unreliable and unethical technology has a “use case”

      smdh

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        3 months ago

        fucking right! there’s this unearned assumption that just because the tech’s been invented, it must have worth. and, like, no? there’s so many dead ends in science and technology, and notoriously throwing money at something doesn’t change its fundamental nature

        and now I’m pissed and trying to decide if it’s even worth explicitly adding “don’t be a debatelord asshole” to the TechTakes sidebar, cause it’s not like they’re gonna stop

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          3 months ago

          “We’re not saying it doesn’t have its flaws, but you need to appreciate the potential of the radium cockring!”

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          3 months ago

          notoriously throwing money at something doesn’t change its fundamental nature

          to wildly abword a phrase I’ve seen elsewhere: “idiocy can remain solvent longer than you can”

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        3 months ago

        People just out here acting like a fundamentally, inextricably unreliable and unethical technology has a “use case”

        I literally showed a use case.

        unreliable

        Myself highlighted that it’s unreliable plenty times across this comment chain.

        unethical

        I highlighted the lack of ethics at least once.

        Still the same nirvana fallacy as the other user.

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      3 months ago

      Holy shit, imagine crying “waah, debatelord!” because someone is trying to follow some non-fallacious = non-fucking-stupid reasoning here. It’s almost like you want a circlejerk on the exact same level as those muppets burning effigies, just with the opposite discourse.