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> Why unfortunate? This is a leading question. Leading questions are obvious when the question they ask cannot be answered with a simple statement. Leading que

> Why unfortunate? This is a leading question. Leading questions are obvious when the question they ask cannot be answered with a simple statement. Leading questions are a sign of dissonance and should never be answered, unless one desires the dissonance for themselves. Dissonance itself creates suffering, which is an inefficient process that attempts to resolve the dissonance in a way that causes the holder the least amount of suffering in the near term. "Thicker skin" is simple a reference to burying dissonance. "Troll back" is a reference to spreading the dissonance to others. "Finding different company" is impossible as the Internet now connects all of us. Better buckle up. It's been my experience people will rationalize being an asshole until they start accepting themselves for who they really are. What is fun is to see someone solve that dissonance on their own and realize the truth that willful suffering is more efficient than offloading your suffering to someone else.

RGamma 10y ago
A question is not a leading/suggestive question just because it "leads the comment". Parent was merely picking up the grandparent's main claim (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leading_question https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leading_question also doesn't define the term by whether it can be answered plainly or not either). That said "something being unfortunate" is a very subjective thing connected to personal morals. Intuitively I don't have much empathy for "victims" of (not outright criminal (by which I mean heavy scamming and the sort)) trolling either, it's the natural rule of this place. You'll get bitten by it a couple of times and move on. Nothing to see here.
- kordless 10y ago
  > A question is not a leading/suggestive question just because it "leads the comment" That's a highly conflicted argument which I do not accept.
gerbilly 10y ago
>This is a leading question. Leading questions are obvious when the question they ask cannot be answered with a simple statement. Leading questions are a sign of dissonance and should never be answered[...] This reminded me of the famous questions the Buddha refused to answer.[1] Your mentioning 'dissonance' and suffering made me see it in a new way. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_unanswered_questions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_unanswered_questions

RGamma 10y ago

A question is not a leading/suggestive question just because it "leads the comment". Parent was merely picking up the grandparent's main claim (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leading_question https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leading_question also doesn't define the term by whether it can be answered plainly or not either). That said "something being unfortunate" is a very subjective thing connected to personal morals. Intuitively I don't have much empathy for "victims" of (not outright criminal (by which I mean heavy scamming and the sort)) trolling either, it's the natural rule of this place. You'll get bitten by it a couple of times and move on. Nothing to see here.

kordless 10y ago
> A question is not a leading/suggestive question just because it "leads the comment" That's a highly conflicted argument which I do not accept.

gerbilly 10y ago

>This is a leading question. Leading questions are obvious when the question they ask cannot be answered with a simple statement. Leading questions are a sign of dissonance and should never be answered[...] This reminded me of the famous questions the Buddha refused to answer.[1] Your mentioning 'dissonance' and suffering made me see it in a new way. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_unanswered_questions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_unanswered_questions