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Re:GNU Boot sent a cease and desist to Libreboot by BolexNOLA on Sunday July 30, 2023 @09:04AM (#36930779)
The number of times I’ve seen people having a discussion with somebody online and they respond with “bro, calm down“ when the person has used no caps lock, no exclamation points, no particularly vitriolic language, is staggering and incredibly irritating.
Re:GNU Boot sent a cease and desist to Libreboot by nineteen999 on Sunday July 30, 2023 @09:41PM (#36937946)
The obvious solution to this: spend less time reading pointless online arguments, and go outside and touch grass.
Re:GNU Boot sent a cease and desist to Libreboot by marci on Monday July 31, 2023 @08:22AM (#36941521)
to keep in line with the topic of communication styles and assumptions, this reads (to me) like a long version "bro, calm down" :).
Re:GNU Boot sent a cease and desist to Libreboot by BolexNOLA on Monday July 31, 2023 @09:51AM (#36942439)
I’m not quite sure why what I said warranted such an incredibly rude response.
Re:GNU Boot sent a cease and desist to Libreboot by nineteen999 on Monday July 31, 2023 @05:52PM (#36949382)
Unfortunately words may be interpreted differently to how they are intended. My apologies if you took offence, as that wasn't my intention. I do often make snarky remarks on here but this wasn't meant to be one of them.

I think this is part of what I'm getting at, text conversations are missing eye contact, body language cues etc, and along with the anonymity of the internet, a lot of things can be misinterpeted and disagreements can escalate quickly.

I normally try not to engage in it too much - when the sun is shining and it's a beautiful day I'd rather be out exercising and patting peoples dogs than engaging in Internet drama. That is all.

Re:GNU Boot sent a cease and desist to Libreboot by whstl on Monday July 31, 2023 @11:52AM (#36944499)
Yep. The reason a lot of people do it is not to de-escalate. Quite the opposite. It's to give the appearance of de-escalation to outsiders while at the same time escalating the argument by using a fallacy to attempt to irritate the other person.