I joined reddit on the tailwind, so it was all echo chamber, we hate newcomers, gatekeeping, automod frenzy, too many rulebreakers, too many rules, etc I could be wrong, but thats what I imagine it used to be like.

  • Flying Squid
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    11 year ago

    I don’t expect anything. You’re the one attacking me for not supposedly not knowing a phrase which you then said wasn’t the phrase I didn’t know. Much like in the other thread, you’re not making much sense, but you are needlessly aggressive. I have very little patience left for it and will block you if it continues.

      • Flying Squid
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        11 year ago

        Again, I don’t want anything. You’re the one who attacked me.

        I also didn’t ask for an explanation.

        • @mindbleach@sh.itjust.works
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          It’s still not an attack. If you just keep assuming everything someone says to you is a personal affront, nothing they say matters. The nature of bad faith is that there is no right answer. You’ll just twist it all into veiled insults.

          Even when - as in that linked thread - you fucking plainly expressed confusion, and had it politely dispelled.

          You maintained your initial conclusion in spite of that. I am now asking: what the fuck was I supposed to say, instead? What did you want out of that interaction? Was there any combination of words in the English language, that would have satisfied you, or does any reply get labeled as “bitching?”

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            11 year ago

            Sure. This isn’t an attack. Totally not insulting.

            You understand that idiom, but not ‘go on, make my day?’ Even when it’s patiently explained to you?

            It was calling me stupid about something that had nothing to do with the topic of the thread.

            Maybe you need to work on your interpersonal skills if you think that isn’t an attack.

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              Stupid is an essentialist insult. I’m describing behavior. Not knowing something is fine. Being offended by the explanation is baffling.

              You demonstrably expected an explanation for what I said. Which I gave. And that somehow made you act even more hostile and defensive.

              Third time: what else am I supposed to say?

              If there is some way to deal with this, that you would not consider degrading - what is it?

              if there is no way someone can question your comments, that you wouldn’t consider a personal insult - how would anyone communicate with you?

              • Flying Squid
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                11 year ago

                Deal with what? You’re the only one here who gives a shit about this.

                  • Flying Squid
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                    11 year ago

                    Please quote me being ‘incensed’ and explain how you could figure out my emotional state from text. This should be interesting.