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Originally Posted by Sparrow
I took it to refer to your comment about some of us being 'silly' for taking an earlier post at face value
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Originally Posted by NatCh
Making something of the fact that cmbs phrased her position in stronger terms than she probably meant is pretty silly, in my opinion
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That wasn't directed at taking things out of context, but rather at dissecting comments to an extreme degree in search of inconsistencies, and then raising a fuss about those minuscule inconsistencies. I do regard that as a silly thing to do.
It's also not particularly helpful, nor contributory to the discussion. In fact that sort of thing can really only serve to stir up trouble.
I also note that
everyone does silly things from time to time, and further that I made and make no comment about the
actor, only the
action, and that I did not direct it at any specific person. Doing so would also have been silly, because there were several folks joining in.
If you found it annoying that I commented that something several folks were doing was a silly thing to do, well, I'm sorry that you choose to be annoyed.
If you're annoyed because you think I was saying that
you were silly, well, that's a good example of the sort of extreme comment dissection that I was talking about in the first place.
If you meant that as a joke as well, and you're
not really annoyed, well then I guess
I'm the one being silly now!
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Originally Posted by pieter
hehe, I was starting to get worried I had to explain my own joke. Having somebody else explain it for me, is dampening my embarressement just that tiny little bit.  |
I see what you were saying now.
I don't get the joke,
but I see what you were referring to, at least.