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"You paid for stuff before, how is the slow encroaching market takeover by artificially crippled products for blood-sucking rent seeking any different?"

ethanbond 3y ago
It’s kinda neat how you can win any argument by just putting your conclusions into the questions ain’t it? ;)
- schiffern 3y ago
  >by just putting your conclusions into the question I answered the question humorously. If it was a silly question, that's not my fault. :) No "Begging the Question" here. Nice try.
  - ethanbond 3y ago
    You literally didn’t answer the question though. You just rephrased the question and replaced all the content with your own prior conclusions. That’s exactly begging the question.
    - schiffern 3y ago
      >your own prior conclusions Oh please. Again it's my answer to the question. "[The difference is that this is] slow encroaching market takeover by artificially crippled products for blood-sucking rent seeking." Hope this helps.
      - gruez 3y ago
        "artificially crippled products for blood-sucking rent seeking" that's the point that's up for discussion, but that's just being asserted with no supporting arguments.
        schiffern 3y ago
        If you're trying to claim it's not "artificial" or "rent seeking," feel free to make that argument. Seemed self-explanatory enough to me.
      - ethanbond 3y ago
        Much better. It’s a lot more obvious how insubstantial and emotional the “argument” is. Just bad vibes word salad.
        schiffern 3y ago
        > insubstantial and emotional I see you didn't take Econ 101. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent-seeking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent-seeking
        ethanbond 3y ago
        Tell me, what specifically about this press release unveiling a new tire meets the definition of rent-seeking?
        schiffern 3y ago
        Lest you "forget," the context of the current thread is this post[0]. Since this is what you're reduced to, I see real discussion is finished now. Thank you for contributing. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38611689 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38611689

ethanbond 3y ago

It’s kinda neat how you can win any argument by just putting your conclusions into the questions ain’t it? ;)

schiffern 3y ago
>by just putting your conclusions into the question I answered the question humorously. If it was a silly question, that's not my fault. :) No "Begging the Question" here. Nice try.
- ethanbond 3y ago
  You literally didn’t answer the question though. You just rephrased the question and replaced all the content with your own prior conclusions. That’s exactly begging the question.
  - schiffern 3y ago
    >your own prior conclusions Oh please. Again it's my answer to the question. "[The difference is that this is] slow encroaching market takeover by artificially crippled products for blood-sucking rent seeking." Hope this helps.
    - gruez 3y ago
      "artificially crippled products for blood-sucking rent seeking" that's the point that's up for discussion, but that's just being asserted with no supporting arguments.
      - schiffern 3y ago
        If you're trying to claim it's not "artificial" or "rent seeking," feel free to make that argument. Seemed self-explanatory enough to me.
    - ethanbond 3y ago
      Much better. It’s a lot more obvious how insubstantial and emotional the “argument” is. Just bad vibes word salad.
      - schiffern 3y ago
        > insubstantial and emotional I see you didn't take Econ 101. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent-seeking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent-seeking
        ethanbond 3y ago
        Tell me, what specifically about this press release unveiling a new tire meets the definition of rent-seeking?
        schiffern 3y ago
        Lest you "forget," the context of the current thread is this post[0]. Since this is what you're reduced to, I see real discussion is finished now. Thank you for contributing. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38611689 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38611689