Comment on Jack Dorsey funds diVine, a Vine reboot that includes Vine's video archive

• iloveDigit@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  What’s wrong with using rhetorical questions as a response when people talk shit without expanding on it?

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  • lime@feddit.nu ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    depends on the thing you’re asking about.

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    • iloveDigit@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      The example we were discussing

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      • lime@feddit.nu ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        well in this case it was made clear they were mistaken about the whole thing and therefore the passive-aggressive tone they were using was completely unwarranted.

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• null@piefed.nullspace.lol ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  That wasn’t a question…

  If people are going to make wild assertions, I’m going to question them about them.

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  • lime@feddit.nu ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    your previous two replies were. and by “just asking questions” about things you obviously know more about, you’re not adding to the conversation.

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    • null@piefed.nullspace.lol ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      So if someone says “the moon is made is of unicorns” and I say “what are you talking about? no it isn’t…” is that JAQing off? I’d call it challenging someone making an absurd claim.

      There aren’t any concepts or domain expertise I’m hiding here – I’m merely saying “wtf are you talking about??” to someone spouting off random nonsense.

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      • lime@feddit.nu ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        false equivalency. they made a plausible claim.

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