"Somewhere somebody must have some sense. Men must see that force begets force, hate begets hate, toughness begets toughness. And it is all a descending spiral, ultimately ending in destruction for all and everybody..." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., 1957

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[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Uhhhhhhhh, it's not my joke and it's still not funny. You called it a joke, not a "joke".

Also, not that you need to be beaten down further, unless you missed it, this is for the readers - not only is it in poor taste to attack other users as a joke, but it's also a very sensitive matter calling someone a shill - especially on SaidIt (I could explain why, but you already know (thus your lame "joke"), and it's another tedious paragraph).

I try to keep my accusations of shillery to an absolute minimum, have citations and/or examples of fallacious logic as well as the posibility of them simply being profoundly ignorant and/or stubbornly tribally dogmatic despite my attempts to counter their perceptions. I'm far from perfect, sometimes my words aren't clear enough, and I may even impart anger and not suffer fools well - but there's always a reading audience, and more than half of my efforts are for them. Back to my point: shill-calling is fighting words. Always try to give yourself, and them, an escape out. (ie. "You are a shill or you are an ignorant purveyor of misinformation, willfully or not.")

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Uhhhhhhhh, it's not my joke and it's still not funny. You called it a joke, not a "joke".

Yes, I called it a joke, and for grammatical purposes, since you are replying to my comment, you still need to enclose anything said by [anyone you're replying to] in "" or ''.

Also, not that you need to be beaten down further, unless you missed it, this is for the readers - not only is it in poor taste to attack other users as a joke, but it's also a very sensitive matter calling someone a shill - especially on SaidIt (I could explain why, but you already know (thus your lame "joke"), and it's another tedious paragraph).

you already know

I don't?

I try to keep my accusations of shillery to an absolute minimum, have citations and/or examples of fallacious logic as well as the posibility of them simply being profoundly ignorant and/or stubbornly tribally dogmatic despite my attempts to counter their perceptions. I'm far from perfect, sometimes my words aren't clear enough, and I may even impart anger and not suffer fools well - but there's always a reading audience, and more than half of my efforts are for them. Back to my point: shill-calling is fighting words. Always try to give yourself, and them, an escape out. (ie. "You are a shill or you are an ignorant purveyor of misinformation, willfully or not.")

Good point, I concede.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I agree, capitalization, spelling, and grammar are important. Were everyone here so fastidious. Personally, I like to enclose anything of length in spaced quotes AND italics to make extra clear that I am " replying to [their] comment " - but not typically for a word or few. That's my personal style, for thine Interwebs. I don't need to but I choose to.

I wouldn't throw grammatical stones in glass houses, if I were you. "Its a joke" should be "It's a joke."

" Especially on SaidIt. "

As you know, Reddit is the corporatocracy's propped up "mainstream" news aggregator forum, for better or worse. Many people there either engage in group think or are censored. Heavily. There is an information war. It's easier to control people's minds (ie. COVID & collapse) than to round them up and steal from or do violence on them. Fifth generation warfare is where the targets don't even know their misfortunes were engineered. The information war is perpetual, but now and then it takes a huge step (ie. 9/11, COVID, etc). SaidIt is a forum for truth-seeking and there is no shortage of info-warfare happening here, due to political tribal dogmatism, ignorance, infiltration, misinformation, disinformation, and/or simple shill naysayers. SaidIt is a battleground for exposing power, lies, and corruption.

Calling someone a shill may be common enough around the Interwebs, but on SaidIt, where morals, truth, and a modicum of honour are valued above the vices of avarice, rewards, and "glory" - and for many here, calling one a shill is paramount to calling them a traitor to all the things they hold dear. Especially all in titles.

I'd be astounded if you didn't already know this. I was astounded to see your "joke", for I had already marked you as a "friend" because I was impressed and respected previous comments you'd made. In this way my "friends" names all stand out as red and I can often read them first - and above the fray remember their name and consider them an ally, if not on all things at least on most. Sometimes I have to "unfriend" folks who disappoint me. The don't become my enemy or any silly thing like that, but they are remembered for not being "quality", IMO. It would be a shame to see you slip from my "friends" list. Also, FYI, /s/friends is your user feed of what all your friends are up to. I don't use mine nearly as much as I ought to.