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Re:America Lost the Chestnut, Its One Perfect Tree by upvote_test_act on Wednesday December 27, 2023 @12:32AM (#38779391)
No, you offended everyone who isn't an arrogant nerd with your goofy-ass, confidently-worded yet factually incorrect comment.

Looking at your comment history, I can tell you're the type of insufferable technical person whose general attitude towards interacting with others is "well, I'm almost always right, so I'm just gonna permanently rock with the assumption that anyone who isn't me is an idiot whose opinion I can ignore."`

Those of us with fully-functioning emotional subsystems know right away it's not worth putting much effort into engaging with you, since you'll just automatically dismiss any conclusion that's different from your own.

The benefits of this style of stunted mental engagement with the world are obvious and easy to understand: changing your mind about something requires both lots of brain-based energy expenditure and (more importantly) the emotional maturity to admit you might've been wrong about something. I don't blame people like you for deciding to live this way-- it's much easier! Also, in this way you cleverly avoid the emotional pain of accepting that your own analysis was found wanting. Shit, if I weren't so naturally curious about understanding the world the way it actually is instead of just reinforcing my own paper-thin ego, I'd take the same attitude!

Re:America Lost the Chestnut, Its One Perfect Tree by tsunamifury on Friday December 29, 2023 @12:24AM (#38802022)
I can change my mind just fine. It’s just a bit laughable that you’d get so up in arms about something obvious. California trades with Alabama… it’s incredible how offended everyone is here about that… like honestly. Back off and think about this… who is acting rediculiously? You go on this long rant attacking me personally, stereotyping me with laughably bad caricatures, pouring over my history. Buddy. Get a grip. This is all over the statement “California trades with Alabama.” Honestly who is being unhinged and emotionally stunted here.

Also you’ve been stalking me across multiple comments on different posts. I think you need to really honestly consider your behavior. It’s unsettling, and inappropriate.

Re:America Lost the Chestnut, Its One Perfect Tree by upvote_test_act on Friday December 29, 2023 @01:08PM (#38808149)
See, that's the only reason I'm being so persistent here: you absolutely did not say "California trades with Alabama." You said something about trade, then you said you enjoy lots of local produce, then you said someone in Alabama "does not." Full stop. That's a statement so sloppily-worded that it's simply factually wrong.

You didn't say the person in Alabama "does not enjoy as much local produce", which you maybe meant. If you assumed the audience would understand what you actually meant despite your wording, well then, all the comments taking issue with your statement should be evidence for you that they did not.

In response to these comments, instead of attempting to state your point more clearly, you insult your audience's intelligence and double down, acting like what you said was perfectly clear (it wasn't) and we're all just "offended" (we're not).

I'm only trying to point out-- because you seem genuinely incredulous at some of the responses you've received-- how much the above communication style makes you sound like a belligerent asshole to anyone with regular human feelings.

If you can't see that, I'm afraid you'll continue to have these "I don't get why everyone's got such an attitude, I literally only said x !" moments.

Re:America Lost the Chestnut, Its One Perfect Tree by tsunamifury on Saturday December 30, 2023 @12:51AM (#38813072)
I think you should read your own new credo in your self description and think if you are describing yourself.
Re:America Lost the Chestnut, Its One Perfect Tree by tsunamifury on Saturday December 30, 2023 @12:52AM (#38813073)
I think you should read your own new credo in your self description and think if you are describing yourself.

Things Alabama does not have. Be a little sane please.