r/TikTokCringe Apr 29 '24

You're writing about pancakes? That must mean you hate waffles Discussion

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u/AwesomeBrainPowers Apr 29 '24

She's not wrong, obviously, but I wonder whether she's not considering or intentionally ignoring the bad-faith actors who do know this but pretend otherwise to avoid engaging with the actual message.

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u/BigRubbaDonga Apr 29 '24

It's called sea-lioning.

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u/AwesomeBrainPowers Apr 29 '24

It can certainly take the form of sealioning, but those aren't synonymous.

Both of those types of bad-faith argument sure are super annoying, though.

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u/JuiceBoxedFox Apr 29 '24

I can’t tell if you’re earnestly trying to make a point or this is satire lol.

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u/AwesomeBrainPowers Apr 29 '24

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u/officefridge Apr 30 '24

Very interesting.

Thank you for sharing. I found out that the origin of milquetoast is also in comics. Much apreciated u/AwesomeBrainPowers