▲ 1037 ▼ Give me that Fox News spin! Go! (discuss.online) submitted 2 weeks ago by VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world 107 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] sober_monk@lemmy.world 27 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) The title of the post is "Give me that Fox News spin"... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] qarbone@lemmy.world -7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children) Ah... That's unfortunate. The situation was not helped by lack of scaffolding, i.e., no quotation marks, quote formatting, or "false" attribution. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] flying_sheep@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) You mean “sorry, I completely missed that” permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] qarbone@lemmy.world -8 points 2 weeks ago I didn't apologize because I didn't harm them. I asked if they were serious. Whatever harm you think happened is unrelated to my comment. I said it was "unfortunate" because, by the ratio of '1 initial upvote:entirely downvotes' they already had when I made my comment, other people had been confused like me and had just silently downvoted them. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Forester@pawb.social 1 point 2 weeks ago* (1 child) Yes, it was the victim's fault that you shot them because they were not wearing it. Don't shoot me vest permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] qarbone@lemmy.world 1 point 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) "Shot them". I asked if they were serious. Why are you pretending I've harmed someone by not understanding? I didn't even downvote him, as immaterial as that is. And it wasn't even like I insulted him in the process of asking. To fix your hit piece: it's like I saw someone with a gun and asked "what are you doing with that gun?". And then someone pointed out we were at a gun range. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] qarbone@lemmy.world -7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children) Ah... That's unfortunate. The situation was not helped by lack of scaffolding, i.e., no quotation marks, quote formatting, or "false" attribution. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] flying_sheep@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) You mean “sorry, I completely missed that” permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] qarbone@lemmy.world -8 points 2 weeks ago I didn't apologize because I didn't harm them. I asked if they were serious. Whatever harm you think happened is unrelated to my comment. I said it was "unfortunate" because, by the ratio of '1 initial upvote:entirely downvotes' they already had when I made my comment, other people had been confused like me and had just silently downvoted them. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Forester@pawb.social 1 point 2 weeks ago* (1 child) Yes, it was the victim's fault that you shot them because they were not wearing it. Don't shoot me vest permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] qarbone@lemmy.world 1 point 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) "Shot them". I asked if they were serious. Why are you pretending I've harmed someone by not understanding? I didn't even downvote him, as immaterial as that is. And it wasn't even like I insulted him in the process of asking. To fix your hit piece: it's like I saw someone with a gun and asked "what are you doing with that gun?". And then someone pointed out we were at a gun range. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] flying_sheep@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) You mean “sorry, I completely missed that” permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] qarbone@lemmy.world -8 points 2 weeks ago I didn't apologize because I didn't harm them. I asked if they were serious. Whatever harm you think happened is unrelated to my comment. I said it was "unfortunate" because, by the ratio of '1 initial upvote:entirely downvotes' they already had when I made my comment, other people had been confused like me and had just silently downvoted them. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] qarbone@lemmy.world -8 points 2 weeks ago I didn't apologize because I didn't harm them. I asked if they were serious. Whatever harm you think happened is unrelated to my comment. I said it was "unfortunate" because, by the ratio of '1 initial upvote:entirely downvotes' they already had when I made my comment, other people had been confused like me and had just silently downvoted them. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Forester@pawb.social 1 point 2 weeks ago* (1 child) Yes, it was the victim's fault that you shot them because they were not wearing it. Don't shoot me vest permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] qarbone@lemmy.world 1 point 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) "Shot them". I asked if they were serious. Why are you pretending I've harmed someone by not understanding? I didn't even downvote him, as immaterial as that is. And it wasn't even like I insulted him in the process of asking. To fix your hit piece: it's like I saw someone with a gun and asked "what are you doing with that gun?". And then someone pointed out we were at a gun range. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 1 point 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) "Shot them". I asked if they were serious. Why are you pretending I've harmed someone by not understanding? I didn't even downvote him, as immaterial as that is. And it wasn't even like I insulted him in the process of asking. To fix your hit piece: it's like I saw someone with a gun and asked "what are you doing with that gun?". And then someone pointed out we were at a gun range. permalink fedilink source parent
