froztbyte

I, too, have done the “all communication is manipulative”, but in the same way as one would do a bar trick:

all communication is manipulative, for any words I say/write that you perceive instantly manipulate (as in the physical manner / modifying state) your thoughts, and this is done so without you requesting I do so

it’s a handy stunt with which to drive an argument about a few parts of communication, rhetoric, etc. because it gives a kinda good handle on some meta without getting too deep into things

(although there was one of my friends who really, really hated the framing)

I'd pipe up and go "uhhh hey prof, aren't you being paid to, like, impart knowledge?"

(I should note that I have an extremely deficient fucks pool, and do not mind pissing off fuckwits. but I understand it's not always viable to do)

the terrible tryfecta

jesus fucking christ do you even understand where you're posting? how are you this goddamn oblivious?

you do not, under any circumstances, have to "give it to them"

there is no requirement to carry water for this awful shit

do not surprisedpikachu when someone calls out your weird posts

my my, those boots sure must be tasty

looks like the autoplag bullshit is causing a "fun" new frontier in the hellscape of youtube copyright fuckery

dunno, it’s definitely up there. maybe not a recent one, and I could understand people sub-25 perhaps not knowing the name, but across a fair bit of the foss space the name is household

unfortunately

2real

hmm so I guess mali is the next to be screwed by tld hype bullshit

goddammit now I want a taco, and there's no great options near me

curse you, average of extremes!