• agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
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    11 hours ago

    If my analysis was so off you could have just said “so say does not sound skeptical to me” or "seemingly is a perfectly neutral word

    This is exactly what I’m talking about when I say you have a razor thin standard in your head. I did say both of those things, but because I didn’t use the exact phrasing you imagine in your head, you can’t recognize it. Kinda like how koalas can’t recognize eucalyptus leaves sitting on a table.

    You need to recognize that the world doesn’t live inside your head. Strangers don’t know the exact wording that will activate your neurons. When you learn to interact with slightly different perspectives and utilize context clues and critical thinking to parse the things other people say, you will become a much more persuasive and competing debater.

    But right now, you come off like a koala that can’t recognize eucalyptus leaves because they aren’t on the branch.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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      10 hours ago

      Let me get this straight. You called me out for ignoring a distinction you made, and I quoted your exact words to show I did not ignore them, I just disagreed with your infantile framing of them. And now your response is that I have a “razor thin standard” and that I cannot recognize arguments unless they use exact phrasing. But you literally just complained that I did not address a specific point you made. So which is it? Do I need to address your exact words or do I need to read between the lines like a psychic?

      Also the koala metaphor is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. You are comparing me to an animal that cannot recognize food sitting right in front of it. But the entire conversation has been me pointing to specific words on the screen and you saying you are reading too much into it. If anyone is missing what is right in front of them, it is the person who thinks “so say” is neutral phrasing and “crazily dense tangle” is a compliment.

      And competing debater? That is not a thing. The word is competent. Irony levels are off the charts here. 🤣

      But please. Keep calling me a koala. It really sells the I have run out of actual arguments energy.