▲ 782 ▼ So, anyway... (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 58 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Xoriff@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) "sick-puppet-ish". Haven't heard that one before. Checked urban dictionary but... I'm guessing that's not what you were going for? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Sorry that should have been sock puppet. It’s a (usually bad) way to make an argument; you stand up a false opponent to argument, but because you’re writing both sides they tend to come around. You’ll see it a lot in “FAQs” put out by, for example, religiously minded folks “Sinners always ask how Boba Fet got out of the Sarlac pit” (Answer: he didn’t that’s a Disney myth to sell more merch.) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Sorry that should have been sock puppet. It’s a (usually bad) way to make an argument; you stand up a false opponent to argument, but because you’re writing both sides they tend to come around. You’ll see it a lot in “FAQs” put out by, for example, religiously minded folks “Sinners always ask how Boba Fet got out of the Sarlac pit” (Answer: he didn’t that’s a Disney myth to sell more merch.) permalink fedilink source parent
