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> but you already chose to suffer by not having control of your tools ~Gaslight much?~ Edit: How about not insulting people who don’t share your point of vie
by jsjohnst 3y ago
> but you already chose to suffer by not having control of your tools
~Gaslight much?~
Edit:
How about not insulting people who don’t share your point of view?
- Aachen 3y ago> In contemporary language, gaslighting is a colloquialism describing the subjective experience of having one's reality repeatedly questioned I understand it's even more contemporary to start using the word for anything where you could otherwise respond "don't be a dick", but I'm not sure what alternative word we could still use to mean gaslighting if gaslighting gets hijacked for a general negative meaning
- jsjohnst 3y agoFair point! I was basing it more on this definition: > to grossly mislead or deceive (someone) especially for one's own advantage But even that doesn’t fit ideally, so I edited the post.
- crabbone 3y agoThat's not a point of view. This is a consequence of a choice. If you use an operating system that denies you the right to verify its source, then why do you care if an individual component allows you to do that? -- This doesn't make sense. Your system is compromised because you agreed to use a compromised system. This doesn't say that whoever does this is an idiot. It's about making choices that make sense. If you sign up for a boxing club, but then start complaining about being hit in the face, then you aren't consistent. If you use Windows, and then complain that some component doesn't have a good verification process, then you are just as consistent as the guy who complains about being hit on the face in a boxing club.
- jsjohnst 3y agoThanks for confirming your true colors. Have a nice life!