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Journal by The Mighty Buzzard
It used to slightly tweak my nose when the weaponized outrage mob on the left complained of not feeling safe. Primarily because they'd say it in response to someone doing nothing but disagreeing with them or even simply saying something they didn't want to hear. Since neither of those remotely implies impending violence, I figured they're either lying or so paranoid that they need to be institutionalized and medicated.
Nowadays though, I count it as a happy thing. Turns out it's usually a combination of them lying and being extremely fragile little pussies. That sets me up to call them out on both counts and I genuinely enjoy doing so.
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Operator, please trace this call and tell me where I am.
(Score: 2) by RS3 on Monday July 22 2019, @06:39PM (11 children)
Begs the question: are you more safe with the safety ON?
(Score: 2, Funny) by RandomFactor on Monday July 22 2019, @11:41PM (6 children)
Ahhh, the rare double troll. -1*-1 is +1 right?
Misuse the fallacy for the pedants AND hang some juicy red meat out for the 2a folks at the same time. A double shot, well done indeed.
В «Правде» нет известий, в «Известиях» нет правды
(Score: 2) by RS3 on Tuesday July 23 2019, @12:21AM (5 children)
I'm going to revisit the definition of "troll". I don't think my comment fits, other than your context, and somehow I touched a hyper-nerve in you. I was only trying to make humor, btw. Way to be buzzkill.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by RandomFactor on Tuesday July 23 2019, @12:50AM (4 children)
Hmmm, maybe mine came off wrong. It was meant entirely in jest. As a rule, the majority of my posts are meant in fun/snark/pun-pain in some fashion (although i can get riled up by the clownboys on occasion). I even tossed in a 'double shot' and 'well done' reference to the 2a and red meat aspects.
В «Правде» нет известий, в «Известиях» нет правды
(Score: 2) by RS3 on Tuesday July 23 2019, @11:40PM (3 children)
Thank you so much. Sorry I misunderstood you. I love sarcasm / sardonic humor, but it's difficult to discern sometimes, especially because there are so many haters and flame throwers here. Especially about topics like, well, anything that becomes a political thing. Sorry to lump you in with them. A few have attacked me and I don't like it. Esp. now- I'm very sick, and my dad is super-sick in hospital, so I should not post online.
When I first read your post I was amused, but then I got caught up in being butt-hurt. I'm pleased to say I did no down-mods, and I very rarely do them anyway.
Thanks again!
(Score: 2, Insightful) by RandomFactor on Wednesday July 24 2019, @02:14AM (2 children)
Best of wishes for you and your father for as speedy and complete a recovery as possible.
Same on the humor. I like it cringeworthy but I also like it subtle.
It's the joy of teh interwebs, it can be easy to fail to convey the intended emotional content. I should have added some roflcopters or something.
On the bright side, maybe this discussion disappointed someone that broke out the popcorn in anticipation of a different outcome. (Lurkus Disappointus?)
And yeah, I haven't thrown a downmod in six months or so myself. Now it's become a point of pride. If someone gets me to throw one before my one year downmod-clean anniversary it's REALLY gonna piss me off.
В «Правде» нет известий, в «Известиях» нет правды
(Score: 2) by Reziac on Wednesday July 24 2019, @03:07AM
+1, All's Well That Ends Well
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.
(Score: 2) by RS3 on Sunday July 28 2019, @02:07AM
Thanks so much for the good wishes. I had fever and D for 11 days. Worst ever. Could not eat. Lost 13 lbs. Now I'm at an ideal weight, if I can maintain it. A few sit-ups away from having to hire armed guards to keep the women off me. Well not that last thing. A guy can dream, right? Dad's not so good. Improving in many ways, better than Monday, but in other ways getting tired, possibly discouraged, and now a sibling problem rearing ugly head... gonna need $ for lawyers...
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday July 23 2019, @10:03AM
Yup. The Roomie could trip over the pattern in a persian rug, so it's far more likely that he'll bump into me than that I'll need to shoot something very, very quickly.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2, Troll) by aristarchus on Tuesday July 23 2019, @10:08AM (2 children)
Oh, Fark, again? People, learn the proper usage!
Begging the Question [wikipedia.org] is NOT to "raise a question" [dailywritingtips.com], as much as you may think you are being erudite by using a turn of phrase you might have heard educated persons using, but do not quite actually understand.
Do not do this again, or I will mock you endlessly. Locked AND loaded. Lock comes first. But it could be Something of a Damp Squid [telegraph.co.uk]. Yes, squid are most always damp, being sea creatures and what not. But English, being sometimes put on a Pedal Stool [youtube.com], not always a blind spot, a paragon of virtue. What's a squib?
(Score: 2) by RS3 on Tuesday July 23 2019, @11:44PM (1 child)
It was meant in jest.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 24 2019, @06:35PM
Jesters and pedants were the first foes.