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i stopped reading after > You don’t want to go through life being one of those smug Internet people whose sole contribution ... smug people on the internet? f

by andylei 15y ago

i stopped reading after > You don’t want to go through life being one of those smug Internet people whose sole contribution ... smug people on the internet? frankly, i don't appreciate his overgeneralizing mischaracteristizations of people who use the internet. it's 2012! everyone and their mom uses the internet! phrases like "Internet people" make it seem like the only people on the internet are defensive, awkward neckbeards who can't relate to regular people. honestly, things like this call into question his entire argument. if this is what he thinks about people on the internet, he can't possibly know what he's talking about (which, is presumably, colors or something)

raganwald 15y ago
he can't possibly know what he's talking about (which, is presumably, colors or something) The “Light” theory of color says that Black is not a color. The “Pigment” theory of color says that White is not a color. Therefore, the author really doesn’t know what he’s talking about!
fogus 15y ago
overgeneralizing mischaracteristizations of people who use the internet You could read it like that, but I garnered a different understanding. I read it as there are some people on the Internet whom are categorized as smug, not that everyone on the Internet is smug. We've all encountered them before surely. They tend to jump to conclusions and rush to dismiss others based on the tiniest perceived slights.
- raganwald 15y ago
  Could Mr. Lei have been engaging in parody? I tried to respond in kind. ;-)
  - quackingduck 15y ago
    Pretty sure fogus' response was a parody too :)
    - polymatter 15y ago
      Reminds me of [Poe's Law](http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Poes_Law http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Poes_Law) which states "it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing". Though I think it should generalise to "there exists no parody which can unambiguously be identified as such". Doesn't that make parody's great?
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michaelochurch 15y ago
Well done.

by andylei 15y ago

raganwald 15y ago

he can't possibly know what he's talking about (which, is presumably, colors or something) The “Light” theory of color says that Black is not a color. The “Pigment” theory of color says that White is not a color. Therefore, the author really doesn’t know what he’s talking about!

fogus 15y ago

overgeneralizing mischaracteristizations of people who use the internet You could read it like that, but I garnered a different understanding. I read it as there are some people on the Internet whom are categorized as smug, not that everyone on the Internet is smug. We've all encountered them before surely. They tend to jump to conclusions and rush to dismiss others based on the tiniest perceived slights.

raganwald 15y ago
Could Mr. Lei have been engaging in parody? I tried to respond in kind. ;-)
- quackingduck 15y ago
  Pretty sure fogus' response was a parody too :)
  - polymatter 15y ago
    Reminds me of [Poe's Law](http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Poes_Law http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Poes_Law) which states "it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing". Though I think it should generalise to "there exists no parody which can unambiguously be identified as such". Doesn't that make parody's great?

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michaelochurch 15y ago

Well done.