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Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending Sunday 1 September 2024

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corbin@awful.systems
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Somebody quotes Paul Graham’s rules for argument at him: shot, chaser.

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Soyweiser@awful.systems
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gerikson@awful.systemsOP
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I hate to say it but pg’s tweet was reasonable. Some asshole carrying water for Mike fucking Lee deserves to be blocked.

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sinedpick@awful.systems
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Yeah, my initial reaction was “how dare pg not follow his own principles” but then I realized he’s on Twitter, not HN, and when in Rome…

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bitofhope@awful.systems
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they live glasses on

I THINK ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARE DOING ELECTION FRAUD

DUAL CITIZENSHIP EXISTS

LET ME MISS THE POINT EQUALLY HARD IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION, OR AT LEAST HOPEFULLY SO

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YourNetworkIsHaunted@awful.systems
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There’s got to be a term for the rhetorical technique of “this reasonable-sounding statement is one of the conclusions I draw from my unhinged conspiracy theories, and therefore the whole structure is true!”

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