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@3Fingers@blorbo.social @violetmadder@kolektiva.social @petrillic@hachyderm.io Putting it bluntly: If someone calls something evil, and that maps directly to something that you agree is a bad thing that should be violently and angrily opposed, and your first and initial response it to completely ignore the thing that they're rightly angry about, and instead veer into a completely abstract conversation about the correct use of the word Evil, you're going to Fail Hard at communications and then wonder why people seem to always be angry at you.

@3Fingers@blorbo.social @violetmadder@kolektiva.social @petrillic@hachyderm.io ...No, I've checked. It definitely sounds evil to me. I'm comfortable with a value system that deems torture to be bad enough that I'll call it evil. I don't need that to be rooted in an absolute view of the universe, I don't even need a more sophisticated use of the word 'evil' than 'really really bad' when it comes down to it. Additionally, when someone posts "Torture is an evil thing!", and instead of saying "I agree, although I wouldn't call it evil", instead you say "You're mentally ill for calling it evil!", you're either trolling or seriously missing the forest for the trees.

@3Fingers@blorbo.social @violetmadder@kolektiva.social @petrillic@hachyderm.io *checks pockets* No, definitely still think it's evil. Also took some time to read more about intersubjectivity as a basis for morality rather than referring to a deontological or other objective system, which was interesting. ...I didn't say you should say that you agree with someone saying something is evil, I merely suggested you treat it as shorthand for "Bad", agree with that, and then if and only if someone wants to have a completely separate conversation about the semantics of the word evil and it's relationship to objective morality. Rather than straight up calling someone who's objecting to Bad Things as mentally deranged.

@3Fingers@blorbo.social @violetmadder@kolektiva.social @petrillic@hachyderm.io sounds pretty evil to me. I'm comfortable making a value judgement on those particular things and calling them evil. Simply describing these acts and declining to judge whether it's good, bad, or extremely bad strikes me as a very impoverished approach to human relationships.

@haruki_zaemon@aus.social they get to buy everyone's stuff for a pittance with the accumulated treasure and rule the smoking economic crater, thereby Winning.

@bundyb@infosec.exchange ...Thanks, now I'm worried about instrument failure as well.

@kattekrab@aus.social ...I can properly arrange a history of Duelists and their support people.

@TechConnectify@mas.to Some things just work better in video form. For things outside my knowledge domain, having someone willing to step through how a thing works, with a sprinkling of interesting history, commentary, and analysis of why this particular thing is good or bad is a good use of my time. Thanks for your time and effort in putting out your videos, I enjoy them.

@ludicity@mastodon.sprawl.club They're there for RAID-1 level redundancy, obviously.

@alecmuffett or you could just send actual banned material with the same effect.

@decryption@aus.social Does this help? https://www.404media.co/404-media-now-has-a-full-text-rss-feed/

@3Fingers@blorbo.social @violetmadder@kolektiva.social @petrillic@hachyderm.io I can see that you will continue to fail hard at communicating. Enjoy your dopamine from constantly picking fights on the internet.

@3Fingers@blorbo.social @violetmadder@kolektiva.social @petrillic@hachyderm.io ...What you're communicating quite clearly to me is that you're a condescending jerk who likes physical as well as rhetorical violence, so you're either meaning to convey just that, or you're doing something wrong with the whole Speaking To Humans thing. Either way, I don't think you're likely to get far with your crusade against the concepts of good and evil.

@3Fingers@blorbo.social @violetmadder@kolektiva.social @petrillic@hachyderm.io I'm beginning to be swayed by your force of personality and clearly articulated rational arguments. Could you elaborate on not keeping your fighting on the internet? I wish to begin swooning at your towering physical, not merely intellectual, heights.

@3Fingers@blorbo.social @violetmadder@kolektiva.social @petrillic@hachyderm.io Finally, someone swoon-worthy. I shall commence... Wait, I need to double-check. Do only a few people "Get You"? In particular, I need someone with an edgy sense of comedy.

@3Fingers@blorbo.social @violetmadder@kolektiva.social @petrillic@hachyderm.io I am even more humbled by your grace and poise, poetry even! My swooning shall commence very soon. Do you have a recommendation for the kind of swooning cusion I should adopt? I'm partial to the one with Roses. They remind me of my dear departed Aunt Uncle, who I adored so. But I will take your recommendation, if you would be so kind?