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What is an absurdity that has been normalized by society? (midwest.social)

submitted 1 year ago by Lanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] krayj@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Your comment is textbook sealioning.

[–] fubo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It's really not. Sealioning involves inserting oneself uninvited into a discussion, e.g. an anti-feminist showing up in a feminist forum to demand that participants defend feminism from junk challenges.

[–] xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's convenient how some people have invented a word that allows them to avoid having to back up any claims they make…

“The Earth is flat.”
“What evidence do you have for that?”
“Sealioning!”

[–] krayj@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I see you ignored the other comments in the subthread. Someone did provide an extremely thorough answer which the commenter dismissed as not believing the author was credible...rather than exploring the numerous valid claims and arguments. My comment was not only a perfect description of what was happening, but also turned out to be prophetic about what would happen next. Their original challenge was not in good faith and was intentionally designed to cause someone to have to go out and do a ton of work only to be dismissed.