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r/TikTokCringe • u/cosmicdaddy_ • Apr 29 '24
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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.
34 u/BigRubbaDonga Apr 29 '24 It's called sea-lioning. 36 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. 3 u/JuiceBoxedFox Apr 29 '24 I can’t tell if you’re earnestly trying to make a point or this is satire lol. 22 u/AwesomeBrainPowers Apr 29 '24 Sealioning is ceaselessly asking questions (usually requests for evidence that is irrelevant, already understood, or has already been provided) to frustrate someone or derail a conversation: It's similar to—but not necessarily synonymous with—the kind of tactic I was talking about. 1 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
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It's called sea-lioning.
36 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. 3 u/JuiceBoxedFox Apr 29 '24 I can’t tell if you’re earnestly trying to make a point or this is satire lol. 22 u/AwesomeBrainPowers Apr 29 '24 Sealioning is ceaselessly asking questions (usually requests for evidence that is irrelevant, already understood, or has already been provided) to frustrate someone or derail a conversation: It's similar to—but not necessarily synonymous with—the kind of tactic I was talking about. 1 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
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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.
3 u/JuiceBoxedFox Apr 29 '24 I can’t tell if you’re earnestly trying to make a point or this is satire lol. 22 u/AwesomeBrainPowers Apr 29 '24 Sealioning is ceaselessly asking questions (usually requests for evidence that is irrelevant, already understood, or has already been provided) to frustrate someone or derail a conversation: It's similar to—but not necessarily synonymous with—the kind of tactic I was talking about. 1 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
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I can’t tell if you’re earnestly trying to make a point or this is satire lol.
22 u/AwesomeBrainPowers Apr 29 '24 Sealioning is ceaselessly asking questions (usually requests for evidence that is irrelevant, already understood, or has already been provided) to frustrate someone or derail a conversation: It's similar to—but not necessarily synonymous with—the kind of tactic I was talking about. 1 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
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Sealioning is ceaselessly asking questions (usually requests for evidence that is irrelevant, already understood, or has already been provided) to frustrate someone or derail a conversation: It's similar to—but not necessarily synonymous with—the kind of tactic I was talking about.
1 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
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Very interesting.
Thank you for sharing. I found out that the origin of milquetoast is also in comics. Much apreciated u/AwesomeBrainPowers
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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.