Bruh. (Gaming)

by Kermit , Raleigh, NC, Monday, April 06, 2026, 15:51 (2 hours, 53 minutes ago) @ Claude Errera

Claude, you're so good at projecting the vibe of "I'm just a neutral observer here." As an observer, you might also call out the broadsides weaving conspiracies or the sweeping catastrophizing statements. I was trying to say it's not that simple, and I feel a bit singled-out for not providing footnotes.

Apologies, I've been out of town and unable to look at this forum - it was wrong of me to call you out like that and then leave.

It wasn't so much that I was trying to be neutral, it was more that you were arguing in a way that was coming off as coy, and I was only struck by it because I read the whole thread in one go (well, the thread as it stood last week, I guess), and three separate posts from you (here, here, and here) contained comments that seemed to be teasing knowledge without any receipts. And to be clear - I wasn't calling out the making of an argument without backup... I was calling out the TONE of the argument. I read these three statements, in three different posts, within a couple of minutes of one another, and they painted a picture which you probably didn't intend at all: "...but I'm also hopeful about some potentially life-saving benefits", "I bet you're right.", and "You're focusing on the artistic realm. There is much happening beyond that." There were 2 full days between the first and last of those... but I read them all together, and the feeling that was generated was "Kermit knows something about this, but is choosing to tease instead of educate."

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to single you out. I was just looking to advance the discussion past "Yes it is!" "No it isn't!"

Fair enough, and it's hard to convey in text that I intended there to be a little bit of teasing in that paragraph. Regarding my posts that you cite, some of that was me being lazy (in which case, I deserve criticism), and most of it was either me not having the time to flesh things out or me still gathering my thoughts. For instance, "I bet you're right" wasn't meant to be snooty (and I hope stabbim didn't interpret it that way), but a quick way to acknowledge that yes, we're probably defining our terms differently. Regardless, I don't think I can really think through something without writing about it, and I'm grateful to have this place to unwind my thinking and have my thinking challenged.