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Cake day: June 21st, 2023

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  • Searching for stuff is polluted by AI generated stupidly long and full of unnecessary explanations.

    What is X?
    Why would you use X?
    What are the advantages of X?
    What are the disadvantages of X?
    The history of X

    then, finally, after 36 paragraphs:

    How to use X
    Turn the switch on while holding the X button



  • You have a point. After I wrote it I thought of 2 things. Firstly, even those that are lucky enough to travel will never travel everywhere. So, how can they claim the best without having seen all possibilities? Secondly, there are ways to learn and /or experience things without being physically present, like read about it in a book, or watch a documentary. That counts for something.

    Now I think about it, I could have changed it to:

    "I live in the best country on the planet!”

    “Really? How do you know? How do you measure that? What evidence do you have to back that up?”

    But, it would probably go all downhill from there, as the original one inevitably would…😆







  • State generalities and personal experiences as fact.

    State facts and sources.
    Response: “Well, I don’t believe that”

    System is working as designed. Not a bug, WONTFIX

    Some of the general statements he made, then provided a bunch of topics behind it as the rationale, each of which was clearly going to be disputed and could be debated for 2 hours alone, was pretty laughable…

    Ultimately, it’s not a dialogue, it’s 21 people shaking their fists and baying at the moon.



  • I didn’t notice the Alt-Right ness of this.

    I’ve seen this type of generalized, vague, start again questioning across many forums and platforms since forever.

    The best approach is to simply go more generalized and vague than their question.

    So, if somebody says “Why don’t you respond to criticism?”, just give them a one word question back, like “What?”, “Huh?”, or the minimalist “?”. Maybe even better imply it’s already been addressed with “Addressed above”, “See above”, or “See previous discussion”.

    Do not get more specific. Be more vague.