• Corroded@leminal.space
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    9 months ago

    My comment about you sounding pretentious was in regards to

    It’s a well known concept

    I was asking you to clarify what you were talking about and you immediately came off as demeaning and full of yourself.

    I don’t know if your explanation relates to ethics and the news, consent, or clickbait. Without knowing what you are talking about I couldn’t even argue with you if I wanted to.

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      9 months ago

      I did no such thing. It is a well known concept whether you are aware of it or not. Just as there are tons of things that are well known to many people, but not to me. This does not change the fact that it’s well known.

      Instead of accusing people of being pretentious, you could instead just ask what they meant. You might get a better response as people aren’t obligated to respond in kindness to insults.

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        9 months ago

        Instead of accusing people of being pretentious, you could instead just ask what they meant. You might get a better response as people aren’t obligated to respond in kindness to insults.

        My original comment was asking “What do you mean?”. I asked someone else what you could have meant and they explained it as “It means if you have to ask whether something is ethically okay than there’s a strong chance it isn’t”. You could have just explained the expression.

        Your comments in this thread like

        The point I made which you missed, is….

        didn’t really help my opinion of your tone. People are just trying to discuss the topic.

        Either way I think my thoughts are inline with @hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com when it comes to that and it was in a parallel thread with you so I won’t bother rehashing it.