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Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending Sunday 1 September 2024 (awful.systems)
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[–] corbin@awful.systems 6 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Somebody quotes Paul Graham's rules for argument at him: shot, chaser.

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

they live glasses on

I THINK ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARE DOING ELECTION FRAUD

DUAL CITIZENSHIP EXISTS

LET ME MISS THE POINT EQUALLY HARD IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION, OR AT LEAST HOPEFULLY SO

[–] YourNetworkIsHaunted@awful.systems 7 points 2 months ago

There's got to be a term for the rhetorical technique of "this reasonable-sounding statement is one of the conclusions I draw from my unhinged conspiracy theories, and therefore the whole structure is true!"

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I hate to say it but pg's tweet was reasonable. Some asshole carrying water for Mike fucking Lee deserves to be blocked.

[–] sinedpick@awful.systems 5 points 2 months ago

Yeah, my initial reaction was "how dare pg not follow his own principles" but then I realized he's on Twitter, not HN, and when in Rome...