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Go back and read what I wrote again. I never even talked about any purported reason for you sharing it. I simply pointed out that what the article presented is indeed something that sane people would worry about and compared it to your well known penchant for saying you have no concerns with Trump getting elected.
Between your misguided reply to a three day old comment where I clearly did read and understand the article, and your copypasta wall of text that talked about a dozen different things but didn’t address the point I raised, I honestly can’t tell how much of your schtick is sealioning and how much is just incredibly poor reading comprehension.
You’re the one that brought up possible motivations, not me. My original comment was simply agreeing that any sane person would find the situation described in the article worrying and how you famously don’t share that worry. So if you don’t think Trump is anything to worry about, why did you find the article worth sharing? Or was it that you were desperate to post anything that wasn’t downvoted into oblivion?
I don’t think you’re a Russian operative (they’re honestly much better at this than you are, but it’s true that their standards are slipping). I just think you have the worst case of main character syndrome I’ve ever seen and you love the attention that comes with intentionally playing the heel. And that’s because you never attempt to discuss a single issue with any forthrightness or honesty. If you weren’t just playing a character, you’d actually try and make a case for your beliefs. Instead you spend your time reinforcing your self-induced martyrdom and engaging in bad faith with everyone that bothers to respond to you. You profess to wonder why people react the way they do to your posts and comments and yet you keep engaging in the kind of behavior that demands such a response. Your comments especially bring no value to the community and the majority of your many, many posts are transparent attempts to support an agenda with just enough other stuff to offer (im)plausible deniability. Whether that agenda is even for real or just because you enjoy being a perpetually online edgelord is unknowable to anyone but you - but from the outside it’s certainly unflattering either way.
Correct. I don't. :)
Yay! Finally someone understands!
What agenda do you think I have?
And if my "main character" syndrome bothers you, feel free to not respond to me or my posts. You can always ignore me or block me if you want. That way you don't have to read my replies. I mean, everyone responding to me and egging me on, just adds to that "main character" syndrome, right? So hey, no comments, no drama. Because the majority of my comments are in reply to someone.
Thank you! :)
Wait, you didn’t reply and you edited your comment to add the “e” to the end of “syndrom” but you’re still spelling it “charactor”?!
Bwahahahahahaha! Oh, that’s just precious. 🤣
Meh on my phone on a break. I'll get to it when I get to it. lol But hey, look on the bright side, it proves I'm not a robot! :)
Maybe that’s a sign to focus on quality and not quantity? I mean there’s low-effort and then there’s low-effort with typos.
So you got all that from a typo because I was on my phone during a break at work?! Ok...
But nah, I'll keep voting for who I find interesting and matches my values and keep voting any article I find interesting, even if you don't approve. Thank you!
Right - because your flood of low quality posts and comments weren’t a tip off already.
And are you “posting what you find interesting” or “voting what you find interesting.” What an odd turn of phrase. Hmm, must be another break on your phone, huh? Or are you having a stroke?
Both. I'll keep voting for who I find interesting and most aligns with my values. And I'll keep posting whatever articles I find interesting. Feel free not to read or comment on them if you don't wanna hear from me. Thank you!
Yeah, sure, that’s totally what you meant!
Glad I could clarify. Thank you!
As with everything you post, clear as mud
But you agreed that it was totally what I meant. Doesn't sound like mud to me. Thanks.
If you’re going to quote what I said, could you at least spell it correctly? I thought you’d be well experienced copying and pasting by now?