• archomrade [he/him]@midwest.social
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    7 months ago

    Then fuckin’ say so then, why is it necessary to use the language of a scornful british nanny? “I’d like you to do better, please” lmao, like jesus christ.

    The best part of your comment is when you said “I, as a layman” LMAO

    How do you do, fellow kids?

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      7 months ago

      I agree that making formal points in latin screams debatelord. However, I would otherwise be careful not being too harsh on someone’s way of talking. There is nothing wrong with them calling themselves a layman and you calling it weird is just unnecessarily hostile.

      Be chill and let people use colourful language if they want to. If they are nonnative English speakers they may even have been force-fed idioms and weird words right, left and centre and your hostility could be making you an ass.

      • archomrade [he/him]@midwest.social
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        7 months ago

        It’s certainly not my intent to chastise someone who is simply speaking in the manner that they know.

        I did just have someone on another thread shadowbox me (telling me I was ‘out classed’, dismissing casual remarks as ‘post-hoc’, and counting arguments as if they were points in a game, and just general scummy debatelord behavior), so I may have jumped the gun with the accusation.

        I am just generally very suspicious of anyone a little too eager for debate, coming out the gate with accusations of latin fallacies to someone expressing an opinion, especially when that opinion is a politically charged one. If it came off strong I apologize.

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          7 months ago

          Totally get that. Likewise hope I was not too harsh either :)