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Originally Posted by ThePrince
Yes, you’re 100% correct - context is never important and intelligent discourse only happens when you look at everything in a vacuum and completely ignore that context. Bravo, you painted me into a corner!
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I disagree. Context is definitely important a lot more often than never, and intelligent discourse almost never happens when you look at everything in a vacuum and ignore context.
But it’s not hard to tell the difference between genuine attempts at intelligent discourse and an offhand/humorous remark. Sometimes the clues are pretty obvious, for example, I do not
actually think Conservatives will actually turn red like Looney Tunes characters. But I do think the government pointing to the pipeline expansion - which they bought - will piss off Conservatives (and it did - look at you - I nailed that one).
Just say you didn’t laugh like a normal person instead of trying to make it some whole thing about who I am as a person. Makes you sound desperate and weird. I figure like 1/300 people find my posts funny. Usually it’s just me. It’s not a big deal if you didn’t. You don’t need to have to scramble to the offence like you’re saving the world from innocuous comments.