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Re:It's weird that people get mocked for changing their minds by kibwen on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @10:53AM (#36493750)
> He's also doing this thing we need a name for, something like "fallacious pithiness".

We have a word for this, it's "tweeting".

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Re:It's weird that people get mocked for changing their minds by meepmorp on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @11:13AM (#36494042)
> We have a word for this, it's "tweeting".

Ok, then you should know that your response was also tweeting, given that definition.

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Re:It's weird that people get mocked for changing their minds by Chris2048 on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @11:53AM (#36494615)
I think it was humour, but the issue is that it's easy to conflate.
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Re:It's weird that people get mocked for changing their minds by coldtea on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @12:24PM (#36495035)
It was a second order observation, so doesn't need to also include itself.
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Re:It's weird that people get mocked for changing their minds by meepmorp on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @01:00PM (#36495674)
It was the same kind of silly pseudo-pithiness, though.
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Re:It's weird that people get mocked for changing their minds by coldtea on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @06:20PM (#36499483)
Perhaps, but in this case it was also true.
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Re:It's weird that people get mocked for changing their minds by sambalbadjak on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @11:55AM (#36494626)
haha exactly
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