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Re:Australians Scour Desert for Dangerous Radioactive Capsul... by aww_dang on Sunday January 29, 2023 @12:54PM (#34570658)
I'm amazed at the gymnastics possible with such an innocuous phrase. It is almost perverse. Imagine trying to parse this out starting from a position of good faith.
Re:Australians Scour Desert for Dangerous Radioactive Capsul... by gnad_sucks on Sunday January 29, 2023 @02:30PM (#34571752)
You think I'm not in good faith - that's fine.

But surely you have to concede that "I'm just asking questions" make it really easy to insinuate without directly stating, yes?

Re:Australians Scour Desert for Dangerous Radioactive Capsul... by aww_dang on Sunday January 29, 2023 @11:57PM (#34575910)
I'm just admiring the twists here, trying to understand and appreciate the gymnastic talent involved.

The triple handspring is when you insinuate that users of that phrase must be insinuating. Perfect 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 Olympic finish is when it is all done out of an abundance of paranoia.

I thought the conspiracy theorists were the paranoid and deranged ones, which is why we didn't want their unfounded and nutty comments? Apparently there is a conspiracy theorist lurking behind every tree, bush and use of, "I'm just asking questions".

Surely you have to concede with that logic there must be innumerable other phrases, trees and bushes that we haven't yet discovered?

I propose that we form a committee so that we may ensure the safety of our fragile establishment views from this menace.

Or maybe we could just skip it and engage with comments at face value, in good faith. Maybe he said just what he said? Don't know about you, but I'm a terrible psychoanalyst. Nor do I have time to go deep on every turn of phrase on the Internet.

Re:Australians Scour Desert for Dangerous Radioactive Capsul... by gnad_sucks on Monday January 30, 2023 @04:37PM (#34586787)
I understand where you're coming from. You're just asking questions.