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[-] froztbyte@awful.systems 61 points 7 months ago

Someone who takes it on themselves to act as apologist for the words/actions of tech sociopaths

Often seen as “weird nerds coming to defense of $x” (such as musk, or in this case the kagi dudebro)

[-] froztbyte@awful.systems 48 points 7 months ago

(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)

[-] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago

Im not sure what JAQing is.

I appreciate your response thanks

[-] Soyweiser@awful.systems 40 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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.

[-] mjhelto@lemm.ee 13 points 7 months ago

I call that doing a "Tucker Carlson."

[-] Soyweiser@awful.systems 13 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months 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!

[-] melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 6 points 7 months ago

He does jaq off pretty constantly.

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