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Re:A 25-Year-Old Bet Comes Due: Has Tech Destroyed Society? by thebean11 on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @11:23AM (#26002902)
> Why does it mean one is selfish, when _a topic_ (not oneself) is more important to oneself than that other person?

You care about the topic, they don't want to talk about it for whatever reason. You are trying to get them to do something they don't like, because _you_ like it.

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Re:A 25-Year-Old Bet Comes Due: Has Tech Destroyed Society? by zelphirkalt on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @11:39AM (#26003122)
But that is an assumption right there. Perhaps it is simply an important topic in the context of the moment. It doesn't have to mean one personally likes the topic. There can be a necessity, that one has to discuss this topic.
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Re:A 25-Year-Old Bet Comes Due: Has Tech Destroyed Society? by thebean11 on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @01:09PM (#26004401)
This is a hypothetical, importance or non-importance is an assumption either way. I didn't realize importance was assumed here.
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