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[–] 49 points 2 years ago (2 children)

(And then I glanced at your post history and noticed a trend of JAQing off so I now doubt whether you’re sincere in asking)

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Im not sure what JAQing is.

    I appreciate your response thanks

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  • [–] 40 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    JAQing

    https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Just_asking_questions first hit (on google ;) ) which has a good explanation.

    E: And I don't meant this post as a 'just fucking google it' or 'educate yourself' (well a little bit) but more to show there is more to this accusation of JAQing than just some way to shut you down. The method is used by bad faith actors a lot, so it is a pattern of behavior a lot of people react negatively too. So, assuming you are acting in good faith, it is a good way to learn why people are reacting to you like you are a bit of an bad faith actor. And if you are a bad faith actor, I only wasted a little bit of my time typing this out so nothing really lost.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I call that doing a "Tucker Carlson."

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    I had a weird brainfart a while back when I realized that Carlson reminds me of this guy.

    The bad faith 'bugs that think are offensive' debate guy from starship troopers. He even wears a bow tie!

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Short for Just Asking Questions. Where people ask loaded questions that act as a veneer to their actual statements. If you want to accuse them of the fact they are talking shit, they'll say they're "just skeptical" and "asking questions"

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    that wasnt my intention. It was simply a phrase I hadn’t heard

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    that wasn't my intention

    Ironically, by saying that you're just doing The Thing again

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Catch 22. Nothing else I can say 🤷‍♀️

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago

    I mean yeah, it kind of is. Unfortunately when folks impersonate the clueless in bad faith the people who legitimately don't know stuff tend to get caught in the crossfire, and I say this as someone who is frequently clueless.

    Best advice I can offer is to develop a thick skin about it and be willing to put the work in if someone helps you find the keywords to look up. The more of the background you can find yourself the better equipped you'll be to ask specific questions that are less likely to be suspected for JAQing us around.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    The Thing in question has an element of intent that the user doesn't exhibit in this thread, or any of their history. Simply asking questions isn't JAQing off.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    maybe they caught a ban cause of their weird fucking vibes and cause they couldn’t help but thread a bunch of low-effort garbage into a moderator announcement

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    You can always look at the modlog. Only bans the user in question has are almost a month old from a conservative community for not being conservative and a furry community for saying "furries 🤢."

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