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Yeah, I think I screwed up big time. I'm really at a loss for how it came across as any kind of suggestion about something that might happen in the future (a k

Yeah, I think I screwed up big time. I'm really at a loss for how it came across as any kind of suggestion about something that might happen in the future (a key perquisite for anything to be a threat). Even that aside, for it to be a threat, that would somehow mean the original statement it was referring to was threatening people with critical thinking bells... that seems nonsensical to me. So again: I definitely screwed up here, and I'm horribly embarrassed by it all, but I'm at a loss to see how this could have been interpreted as a threat of any kind. I'm really sorry that it was.

nickthemagicman 5y ago
Your quote: """There's a difference between critical thinking bells and having your bell rung. ;-)""" This is essentially your argument: """ There's a difference between critical thinking bells and having your brains blown out with a critical thinking shotgun and some eight gauge ideas and buried in an unmarked grave of introspection! Can't IMAGINE how you could interpret that in a negative way! """ You're either calling me stupid.... or implying that you're going to violently attack me. You are correct, you did screw up...what you said is flamebait bannable offense and you deserve to be permanently banned immediately for violent threats to others or insulting others baselessly. Please ban this person immediately @dang. There should be ZERO tolerance for violence or insults.
- cbsmith 5y ago
  I was definitely implying there your thinking on this matter was impaired (which isn't the same as calling you stupid, but it is close), and I thought even if you had blanked out the "having your bell rung" that part would have been pretty obvious from the context. Clearly I was very wrong. Again, I'm sorry. I clearly didn't phrase things well, and I shouldn't have made the statement regardless. I would remove that sentence from the comment if I could.

nickthemagicman 5y ago

Your quote: """There's a difference between critical thinking bells and having your bell rung. ;-)""" This is essentially your argument: """ There's a difference between critical thinking bells and having your brains blown out with a critical thinking shotgun and some eight gauge ideas and buried in an unmarked grave of introspection! Can't IMAGINE how you could interpret that in a negative way! """ You're either calling me stupid.... or implying that you're going to violently attack me. You are correct, you did screw up...what you said is flamebait bannable offense and you deserve to be permanently banned immediately for violent threats to others or insulting others baselessly. Please ban this person immediately @dang. There should be ZERO tolerance for violence or insults.

cbsmith 5y ago
I was definitely implying there your thinking on this matter was impaired (which isn't the same as calling you stupid, but it is close), and I thought even if you had blanked out the "having your bell rung" that part would have been pretty obvious from the context. Clearly I was very wrong. Again, I'm sorry. I clearly didn't phrase things well, and I shouldn't have made the statement regardless. I would remove that sentence from the comment if I could.