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Not sure how that relates to me understanding the why of things.

by seoulmetro 2y ago

groggo 2y ago
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- seoulmetro 2y ago
  Yeah I understand the usage of the saying but not sure why someone would say that here. I wasn't being unnecessarily negative. Their comment is unnecessarily negative.
  - fragmede 2y ago
    > This would be totally irrelevant if it weren't for social media status seeking. isn't being unnecessarily negative to you? It's a cute little story about dining hall forks, not a hot girl who just happens to be in a bikini shilling a business course or some crap on instagram for followers. It's on their personal blog, that I (unfortunately) will likely never read again, so the amount of "clout" they're receiving from it isn't that big a deal. Your comments starts off accusing them of faking the cute little story. That's not unnecessarily negative to you? I have no idea if the story is true or not, I'm not at Tufts, but this very cute little story reads as genuine to me. It could be that I'm gullible and being taken in by a future Jordan Belfort, but it's just so cute and earnest that I didn't even think about that, and have a hard time believing that. It's 100% totally fine that the random thought that it could be fake popped into your head, we don't really control what we think, but then after that, the problem is you went to the length of publishing a comment accusing them of that, which is to say your cynicism filter could use some fine tuning. The fact that your comment's been downvoted says I'm not the only one that thinks that. The fact that you then also felt the need to turn around and attack my comment as being unnecessarily negative speaks volumes.
    - seoulmetro 2y ago
      No? >Your comments starts off accusing them of faking the cute little story. No it didn't. I am saying that it reads like they might have thought up the idea as something to blog about before they executed the idea. For the sole purpose of appearing more interesting. Irrelevant here means just uninteresting enough that it wouldn't be brought up in conversation when people describe their life. >The fact that your comment's been downvoted says I'm not the only one that thinks that. Downvotes have no reflection on the content of my comment. Just the response to it. It sounds like you spend too long on Reddit. Huh? What comment of yours am I attacking? Are you logged into the wrong account?
      - fragmede 2y ago
        > Their comment is unnecessarily negative. Which comment are you referring to here? My read is that this is referring to my comment "Who hurt you?" but if that was not your intention then I misread, apologies.
      - throwanem 2y ago
        > I am saying that it reads like they might have thought up the idea as something to blog about before they executed the idea. For the sole purpose of appearing more interesting. Where I'm from we call this "telling on yourself." It occurred to you to read the story this way, so reflexively that you never stopped to question the thought and indeed have resisted quite stubbornly all suggestions, no doubt soon including this one, that you should question it. This sequence of events says nothing about the story. It says a good deal, none especially complimentary, about you.
        seoulmetro 2y ago
        It says that I am able to understand the motives that may guide some blog posters. Yes. Glad you understand me.
  - dag11 2y ago
    > I wasn't being unnecessarily negative. And yet you ended up writing one of the most unnecessarily negative things I've read on here in a long time.
    - seoulmetro 2y ago
      No I didn't. You're free to feel like I did though.
      - fragmede 2y ago
        Yes you did. You may not have intended it that way, but that's how it comes across. You're free to feel like you didn't, but if you're looking to communicate effectively, and not just argue on the Internet, it would be worth your while to figure out why your comment comes across that way.
        seoulmetro 2y ago
        No. It can come across however you like, doesn't make it whatever you like.
- pavel_lishin 2y ago
  > (thanks ChatGPT for wording) Can this place please remain a bastion where people use their words, without having a robot generate them, or massage them into shape?
  - groggo 2y ago
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    - throwanem 2y ago
      Wouldn't you rather have a voice of your own?
    - pavel_lishin 2y ago
      > Haha. Well I could have omitted the disclaimer. Well, I appreciate the honestly. I also appreciate your original statement, which I think was just fine and didn't need to be expanded into an essay by ChatGPT like you're trying to up the page count for a high school essay.
  - deleted 2y ago
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Not sure how that relates to me understanding the why of things.

groggo 2y ago

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seoulmetro 2y ago
Yeah I understand the usage of the saying but not sure why someone would say that here. I wasn't being unnecessarily negative. Their comment is unnecessarily negative.
- fragmede 2y ago
  > This would be totally irrelevant if it weren't for social media status seeking. isn't being unnecessarily negative to you? It's a cute little story about dining hall forks, not a hot girl who just happens to be in a bikini shilling a business course or some crap on instagram for followers. It's on their personal blog, that I (unfortunately) will likely never read again, so the amount of "clout" they're receiving from it isn't that big a deal. Your comments starts off accusing them of faking the cute little story. That's not unnecessarily negative to you? I have no idea if the story is true or not, I'm not at Tufts, but this very cute little story reads as genuine to me. It could be that I'm gullible and being taken in by a future Jordan Belfort, but it's just so cute and earnest that I didn't even think about that, and have a hard time believing that. It's 100% totally fine that the random thought that it could be fake popped into your head, we don't really control what we think, but then after that, the problem is you went to the length of publishing a comment accusing them of that, which is to say your cynicism filter could use some fine tuning. The fact that your comment's been downvoted says I'm not the only one that thinks that. The fact that you then also felt the need to turn around and attack my comment as being unnecessarily negative speaks volumes.
  - seoulmetro 2y ago
    No? >Your comments starts off accusing them of faking the cute little story. No it didn't. I am saying that it reads like they might have thought up the idea as something to blog about before they executed the idea. For the sole purpose of appearing more interesting. Irrelevant here means just uninteresting enough that it wouldn't be brought up in conversation when people describe their life. >The fact that your comment's been downvoted says I'm not the only one that thinks that. Downvotes have no reflection on the content of my comment. Just the response to it. It sounds like you spend too long on Reddit. Huh? What comment of yours am I attacking? Are you logged into the wrong account?
    - fragmede 2y ago
      > Their comment is unnecessarily negative. Which comment are you referring to here? My read is that this is referring to my comment "Who hurt you?" but if that was not your intention then I misread, apologies.
    - throwanem 2y ago
      > I am saying that it reads like they might have thought up the idea as something to blog about before they executed the idea. For the sole purpose of appearing more interesting. Where I'm from we call this "telling on yourself." It occurred to you to read the story this way, so reflexively that you never stopped to question the thought and indeed have resisted quite stubbornly all suggestions, no doubt soon including this one, that you should question it. This sequence of events says nothing about the story. It says a good deal, none especially complimentary, about you.
      - seoulmetro 2y ago
        It says that I am able to understand the motives that may guide some blog posters. Yes. Glad you understand me.
- dag11 2y ago
  > I wasn't being unnecessarily negative. And yet you ended up writing one of the most unnecessarily negative things I've read on here in a long time.
  - seoulmetro 2y ago
    No I didn't. You're free to feel like I did though.
    - fragmede 2y ago
      Yes you did. You may not have intended it that way, but that's how it comes across. You're free to feel like you didn't, but if you're looking to communicate effectively, and not just argue on the Internet, it would be worth your while to figure out why your comment comes across that way.
      - seoulmetro 2y ago
        No. It can come across however you like, doesn't make it whatever you like.
pavel_lishin 2y ago
> (thanks ChatGPT for wording) Can this place please remain a bastion where people use their words, without having a robot generate them, or massage them into shape?
- groggo 2y ago
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  - throwanem 2y ago
    Wouldn't you rather have a voice of your own?
  - pavel_lishin 2y ago
    > Haha. Well I could have omitted the disclaimer. Well, I appreciate the honestly. I also appreciate your original statement, which I think was just fine and didn't need to be expanded into an essay by ChatGPT like you're trying to up the page count for a high school essay.
- deleted 2y ago
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