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> You SHOULD feel like you have to do some stuff. Gregor: It would be nice to do something. Sam: We are doing something. We're sitting here, waiting. "Ronin"
by toomanyrichies 2mo ago
> You SHOULD feel like you have to do some stuff.
Gregor: It would be nice to do something.
Sam: We are doing something. We're sitting here, waiting.
"Ronin", 1998
- satvikpendem 2mo agoSitting sometimes is good, sitting always is not.
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- mvanbaak 2mo agoNot the OP, nor the quote from Ronin state that one should always sit
- satvikpendem 2mo agoI do not mean literally sitting. The article encourages complacency (metaphorically sitting around all day) which I disagree with.
- toomanyrichies 2mo ago"All day" and "always" are your words, not mine, and not those of the article's author.
- satvikpendem 2mo agoI'm not quoting the author's words but their mentality, which is clear to see in their post.
- toomanyrichies 2mo agoYou can't quote a mentality, and you're not a mind-reader. You're putting words in the author's mouth, and then arguing against them. Saying it's "clear to see" is just asking others to find your evidence for you.
- kulahan 2mo agoIt's just someone drawing conclusions based on what the author chose to write, which is common and fine.
- toomanyrichies 2mo agoDrawing conclusions is fine, if they're traceable to something on the page. This one started with "always" and "all day," which aren't in the post, and when that was pointed out it moved to the author's mentality. I can assign anyone any mentality I want, and it's impossible to prove me wrong.
- satvikpendem 2mo agoNo, they are my conclusions of what they said, which I have assumed is clear to see for others too. You are the one taking this simple interaction way too literally.
- toomanyrichies 2mo agoReading someone's words as written isn't being "too literal". With a blog post, as with this thread, it's actually the only thing there is to go on.
- satvikpendem 2mo agoYou're not understanding metaphor and I'm not sure at this point in the comment thread I could explain it to you either.