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Re:Europe's summer drought is so extreme that desertificatio... by alistairSH on Sunday August 30, 2026 @03:41PM (#49502044)
He might be a treasure, but's he's also a prick. He has a long history of letting his on-screen persona leak into meatspace (or maybe it's the other way around) and that's not a good thing.
Re:Europe's summer drought is so extreme that desertificatio... by cromka on Sunday August 30, 2026 @05:03PM (#49502795)
I don't like you're being down voted, let's not give celebrities extra passes to be the assholes they can be. Elon being another prime example.
Re:Europe's summer drought is so extreme that desertificatio... by alistairSH on Sunday August 30, 2026 @05:50PM (#49503219)
And I'll admit I watch his shows. The first two seasons of Clarkson's Farm were good TV. And with May and Hammond, he provided years of entertainment for car enthusiasts. None of which should excuse his boorish behavior off-screen.
Re:Europe's summer drought is so extreme that desertificatio... by cromka on Sunday August 30, 2026 @06:52PM (#49503619)
Same here. Watch it, it's good entertainment, he's still an asshole that uses people. In fact, even in the current show, where he used that insult on one of his employees who someone said she looked like pre-transition Caleb — that's exactly the kind of thing he does and he found that funny so couldn't help himself but use it.
Re:Europe's summer drought is so extreme that desertificatio... by jimjimjim on Sunday August 30, 2026 @07:53PM (#49504053)
Punching Piers Morgan is not a sign of a character flaw.
Re:Europe's summer drought is so extreme that desertificatio... by alistairSH on Monday August 31, 2026 @09:49AM (#49509790)
Fair enough ;)
Re:Europe's summer drought is so extreme that desertificatio... by jazzyjackson on Sunday August 30, 2026 @08:42PM (#49504377)
I don’t know, in a world where dictators bomb whoever they want, if punching someone is the worst thing you can do. People continue to follow and fangirl the politicians who enact violence, so why should one go on a crusade against a tv star who gets a little hands on?
Re:Europe's summer drought is so extreme that desertificatio... by jimbokun on Sunday August 30, 2026 @10:26PM (#49504930)
You can be against more than one thing.
Re:Europe's summer drought is so extreme that desertificatio... by cromka on Monday August 31, 2026 @03:24AM (#49506659)
That's appeal to bigger problems fallacy.
Re:Europe's summer drought is so extreme that desertificatio... by OJFord on Monday August 31, 2026 @05:27AM (#49507635)
What's the name of the fallacy in which one tediously shuts down all conversations by highlighting a named fallacy?
Re:Europe's summer drought is so extreme that desertificatio... by cromka on Monday August 31, 2026 @09:39AM (#49509678)
> shuts down

You're free to continue conversing.

> all conversations

Also a fallacy.

Re:Europe's summer drought is so extreme that desertificatio... by OJFord on Monday August 31, 2026 @01:41PM (#49512527)
I wasn't conversing in the first place, I'm just bored of reading through exchanges where at some point someone says Aha! That's a fallacy! Got you, I win!
Re:Europe's summer drought is so extreme that desertificatio... by cromka on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @04:01AM (#49519290)
I know you weren’t. Which was my point: the conversation was not shut down. If pointing out someone’s manipulation is not OK to you, then you’re probably better off trying a different discussion board.
Re:Europe's summer drought is so extreme that desertificatio... by argentier on Monday August 31, 2026 @11:46AM (#49511154)
the phallusy fallacy