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as a rule, if you feel the need to assume what someone else is saying? don’t! (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 3 days ago by spujb@lemmy.cafe to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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oldie meme but needed to bring this back due to recent incidents 😭

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[-] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago

Yep that's one of my pet peeves about the Internet. People love to try to put words in your mouth. It gets a bit tiring having to tell every one of those jabronis that I never said any of those words, and they should re-read what I did actually write instead.

[-] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

If I see someone's reply start with "So, you..." - I'm already rolling my eyes so fast that I'm time traveling back to nineteen-blackandwhite. In general, it's an overly reductive view on the statement that misrepresents the initial comment in order to try and spark a pointless argument.

It's exhausting.

(in b4 "so you hate reading comments then?" 😂)

e: it's not just Lemmy to be fair - the other popular aggregator, most tabloid news sites with comments, and a lot of gaming news sites with social interaction are largely the same.

[-] Ashen44@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

so you want to have nuanced and reasonable discussions on the internet?

[-] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 2 points 3 days ago

In all honesty, I've found a more willing group of people to discuss things with - even if a lot of the time, our platforms and views are very different. There's a larger acceptance on Lemmy of other people's views and their right to hold them which is super cool, every now and then though I get brought down to earth with a bump.

That's the internet, though!