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I was speaking to a different entity. The mod I was speaking to probably wouldn't use an ad hominem as their basis for an unrealistic forecast.
by LukeB42 8y ago
I was speaking to a different entity. The mod I was speaking to probably wouldn't use an ad hominem as their basis for an unrealistic forecast.
- mercer 8y agoI didn't read your other comments, so it's not an ad hominem. I'm just saying that I'm confident enough that this particular comment of yours or others like it will just be 'noise' here, and possibly an exercise in frustration for you. But you're right that you didn't ask me. I just felt like responding, considering this is a public forum where both you and I have the ability to just say stuff. Anyways, by all means keep at it, if that's what you feel like doing!
- LukeB42 8y agoIt's an ad hominem on the comment itself to just dismiss it as insane though, is it not? Just because it's not something you want to talk about doesn't mean it's not going to have traction with other people who have the ability to just say stuff.
- mercer 8y agoI feel confident enough that I don't think it will, and I wouldn't describe myself as generally very confident in matters of group psychology. Anyways, I checked out your other comments and I regret getting into an argument about this. You seem much smarter than me in many ways, and I welcome your contributions, and while I personally feel that 'the collective' here will consider some of it noise and very downvotable (possibly even hellbannable), I hope that doesn't happen and that you stick around. Again, my apologies for what I suppose could be considered participating in or enforcing groupthink. EDIT: let me add that I'm certifiably weird and perhaps that's made me sensitive to these kinds of things. sometimes it's best to 'soften' the edges so that engagement is possible in the first place, and sometimes that increases the chances that I can actually discuss my 'weird' beliefs without being dismissed. I've not figured out the right balance, and I'm not even 100% sure that finding a balance is the right thing. but it's what prompted this.
- LukeB42 8y agoI appreciate you challenging my initial post in this thread. Thanks for the reality check. Finding a balance is constant and inescapable anyway, is it not?
- mercer 8y agoPff, don't get me started :). My approach has been, for about the past decade or two, to spend a lot of time, energy, and possibly happiness, on figuring out how to blend in and be inoffensive. I'm not entirely sure it was worth it, but at least I feel it's allowed me to be my 'authentic' self without being dismissed in many situations, so that's something. And there are even times when I feel validated, which I think is quite valuable. We're social creatures ultimately, most of us anyways. Considering my uncertainty about this approach, though, I shouldn't be lecturing others!
- LukeB42 8y agoBest thing I did was read the book of Proverbs (KJV), FWIW.
- reitanqild 8y agoI've enjoyed that as well, I used to read it when I eas younger. Now I've just read the ESV2 version of the last few chapters in parallell with my native language during the last few days. :-)
- mercer 8y agoI've read the NIV version multiple times (as well as the equivalent in my language). thanks for the reminder to check it out again :).
- iDemonix 8y agoSpeaking of unrealistic forecasts...
- LukeB42 8y agoWhat's up with it?
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