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[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Strange, as you’ve clearly laid out the odds, risks, etc. and you’re betting your life on your supposed “beliefs”.

Sure sounds like gambling to me…

https://lemm.ee/comment/12044548

Not to mention the gambling you’ve been doing this whole time by engaging in this silly debate

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don’t gamble and this is a friendly conversation.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

You’re free to your “beliefs”, but the evidence here contradicts them

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I’ve clearly established it as fact, using evidence, repeatedly.

Unlike you and your “beliefs“ about health insurance and gambling

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Your evidence is mostly telling me that I am wrong.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

No, it’s proving that you’re wrong with evidence to back up my claims that your “beliefs” on this subject are clearly based on ignorance.

Your choice to gamble your health and well-being on that ignorance is your own responsibility.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Are you referring to the dictionary definition as your evidence?

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

There’s that convenient amnesia again!

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What’s the other evidence you’ve provided?

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There’s that amnesia again! You asked and I answered this question an hour ago:

You already produced that evidence when you commented…every time you comment. And I point it out every time. Just like the ad hominem attacks. But you seem to have serious memory problems.

It’s irrational to blame others for things you, yourself, do and say.

Now you’re just Sealioning

Sealioning (also sea-lioning and sea lioning) is a type of trolling or harassment that consists of pursuing people with relentless requests for evidence, often tangential or previously addressed, while maintaining a pretense of civility and sincerity ("I'm just trying to have a debate"), and feigning ignorance of the subject matter.[1][2][3][4] It may take the form of "incessant, bad-faith invitations to engage in debate",[5] and has been likened to a  denial-of-service attack targeted at human beings.[6] The term originated with a 2014 strip of the webcomicWondermark by David Malki,[7] which The Independent called "the most apt description of Twitter you'll ever see".

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You have to respond to the request with evidence first.

I’m just asking for evidence repeatedly that you refuse to produce repeatedly because it doesn’t exist.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

You have to respond to the request with evidence first.

I have. Repeatedly. I even quoted the answer I gave an hour ago to this question in the comment you replied to. Theres that amnesia again!

I’m just asking for evidence repeatedly that you refuse to produce repeatedly because it doesn’t exist

No, you’re just Sealioning

Sealioning (also sea-lioning and sea lioning) is a type of trolling or harassment that consists of pursuing people with relentless requests for evidence, often tangential or previously addressed, while maintaining a pretense of civility and sincerity ("I'm just trying to have a debate"), and feigning ignorance of the subject matter.[1][2][3][4] It may take the form of "incessant, bad-faith invitations to engage in debate",[5] and has been likened to a  denial-of-service attack targeted at human beings.[6] The term originated with a 2014 strip of the webcomicWondermark by David Malki,[7] which The Independent called "the most apt description of Twitter you'll ever see".

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I just re-read all 127 comments in this thread and haven’t found any evidence that you’ve produced.

Sealioning is when you’ve already produced it and I ask for it again or more, not when I ask for evidence that you’re not producing because you never have and it doesn’t exist.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I just re-read all 127 comments in this thread and haven’t found any evidence that you’ve produced.

In the past three or so minutes since your last comment? That’s an obvious lie.

Sealioning is when you’ve already produced it

I have. There’s that amnesia again!

and I ask for it again or more

Which is exactly what you keep doing

not when I ask for evidence that you’re not producing because you never have and it doesn’t exist.

This is a scenario that you just invented and which didn’t happen. The evidence in the comments here confirms this. Your failure to accept the evidence and the fact is not evidence that I did not present facts and evidence. You’re in inability to understand that is also not my responsibility.

It’s also an example of the Circular reasoning fallacy

Circular reasoning (Latincirculus in probando, "circle in proving";[1] also known as circular logic) is a logical fallacy in which the reasoner begins with what they are trying to end with.[2] Circular reasoning is not a formal logical fallacy, but a pragmatic defect in an argument whereby the premises are just as much in need of proof or evidence as the conclusion, and as a consequence the argument fails to persuade. Other ways to express this are that there is no reason to accept the premises unless one already believes the conclusion, or that the premises provide no independent ground or evidence for the conclusion.[3] Circular reasoning is closely related to begging the question, and in modern usage the two generally refer to the same thing.[4]

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Just because you read slowly doesn’t mean I do.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Another personal attack because you can’t make a rational argument.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You told me I couldn’t read 127 comment in the nearly seven minutes between comments.

I did and had time to respond to you but you don’t believe me because you must read slower.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

You told me I couldn’t read 127 comment in the nearly seven minutes between comments.

No I didn’t. I said that your claim was an obvious lie. You’re welcome to prove otherwise with evidence, but, given the body of your behavior here during this discussion, I’m certain you would lie in order to “win” or “score points” in this argument, regardless of how silly or pointless the lie. your entire comment history here represents a dishonest representation of yourself when convenient.

I did and had time to respond to you but you don’t believe me because you must read slower.

There’s that zero-sum worldview again, where the only way you could do better is if someone else does worse. That’s the zero-sum bias

Zero-sum bias is a cognitive bias towards zero-sum thinking; it is people's tendency to intuitively judge that a situation is zero-sum, even when this is not the case.[4] This bias promotes zero-sum fallacies, false beliefs that situations are zero-sum. Such fallacies can cause other false judgements and poor decisions.[5][6] In economics, "zero-sum fallacy" generally refers to the fixed-pie fallacy.

Do you often invent fantasies about strangers online when you’ve gambled foolishly on an argument you can’t win? Seems like a coping mechanism with very little payoff and a lot of toxicity.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How am I supposed to provide the evidence you’re looking for?

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That’s your problem, not mine. Unlike you, I have no problem backing up my claims… and very well know better than to tell ridiculous lies.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You continue to refuse to back up your claims.

You’re acting like the anti-abortion activists right now, being completely unable to hear the other side of the conversation.

I’m acting like the pro-choice people putting out well thought out arguments backed up by facts and logic and a heathy dose of freedom and personal responsibility.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You continue to refuse to back up your claims.

There’s that amnesia again! I’ve provided evidence repeatedly. All you can do is sealion.

You’re acting like the anti-abortion activists right now

More personal attacks because you have no rational response.

being completely unable to hear the other side of the conversation.

Except when I read and responded to every single thing you said. Just because I used evidence to prove you wrong over and over and over again - and you ignored it every time - doesn’t mean I didn’t listen to you— it proves that I did.

I’m acting like the pro-choice people putting out well thought out arguments backed up by facts and logic and a heathy dose of freedom and personal responsibility.

Another coping mechanism fantasy you”ve invented; this didn’t happen. But, if your “beliefs” still hold that this happened, please link to the facts and evidence and so-called “logic”. This should be interesting considering that you don’t even understand how health insurance works, what it’s for, or the definition of the word “gambling”.

As I’ve said several times before: you’re free to your “beliefs”, but the facts and evidence contradict them.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My religion says gambling is a sin.

Insurance of any sort is a gambling as Ned from The Simpsons proves in his quote from the 8th episode of the 8th season of The Simpsons.

Now, you’re free to disagree but you haven’t been able to disprove either of those facts that together form an air-tight case for what I’m saying.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

My religion says gambling is a sin.

Irrelevant to the discussion and a straw man

Insurance of any sort is a gambling as Ned from The Simpsons proves in his quote from the 8th episode of the 8th season of The Simpsons.

Fictional characters in a cartoon are not a source of reliable, verifiable facts, especially regarding healthcare and/or economic advice. And, wow, if you’re telling me that you base your financial and healthcare decisions (not to mention your religious convictions) based on a line from The Simpsons, then don’t simultaneously claim that you’re making a rational argument based on logic and facts. “Ned from The Simpsons said it” is a claim so ridiculous it really proves how desperate you are to hold onto your “beliefs” in the face of facts, evidence, and actual logic.

Now, you’re free to disagree but you haven’t been able to disprove either of those facts that together form an air-tight case for what I’m saying.

It’s your responsibility to prove your claims, not for me to disprove them, and you haven’t done that at all. Oh, and some throwaway joke from a fictional cartoon - on its own - isn’t proof of anything other than that your “beliefs” have a fictional (and very silly) basis.

Nice self-own.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why are you calling my religion irrelevant and a straw man?

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Because we are discussing health insurance and the definition of gambling. You keep trying to change the subject to various other subjects, such as:

  • “being an American male”
  • unemployment insurance
  • your wages
  • crossing the street
  • my usage of quotation marks

and including religion, which is a straw man

straw man fallacy (sometimes written as strawman) is the informal fallacy of refuting an argument different from the one actually under discussion, while not recognizing or acknowledging the distinction.[1]One who engages in this fallacy is said to be "attacking a straw man".

That amnesia is really hitting you hard!

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In the last 140 comments we’ve wandered through many topics, including what colour socks you are wearing.

It’s no longer a straw man.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

No, you keep trying to change the subject, and I keep calling it out while staying on the subject of health insurance and the meaning of the word “gambling.” Again, blaming me for your words and actions.

You’re free to your “beliefs”, but the facts and evidence contradict you.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Besides I was talking about walking on the side of a street but never crossing it.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

You were using straw man because you had no rational response to a discussion about health insurance.

straw man fallacy (sometimes written as strawman) is the informal fallacy of refuting an argument different from the one actually under discussion, while not recognizing or acknowledging the distinction.[1]One who engages in this fallacy is said to be "attacking a straw man".

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So would you consider walking on the side of a road gambling?

This is the comment you characterized as ‘crossing the street.’

Can we trust anything else you say if you confuse simple comments like this?

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I don’t care if you trust me. I never have. Others will trust the evidence and facts that they have seen so far.

But I will continue to point out when you post misinformation because it’s the right thing to do.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But it’s lacking evidence and facts, besides my very convincing arguments.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Just because you ignore the facts and evidence does not mean that they aren’t there. Everyone else but you can see them, apparently. And I really don’t care whether you believe me or not. I only care that others don’t believe you.

And only you are convinced by your arguments. You, and a fictional cartoon named Ned.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Do you think people are going to read 151 comments and think anything besides you are a little obsessive about this topic?

My parents didn’t raise me, they did drugs and drank until they passed out and woke up and did it all over again.

Ned from The Simpsons raised me in half hour increments that have shaped my entire life and given me a life long lust for the lord’s love and a respect for my fellow man and their opinion that apparently you do not.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)
  1. wow, that’s sad
  2. it’s irrelevant to this discussion
  3. I don’t care
  4. somebody has made it this far to upvote my comments….
  5. if you hadn’t gambled your health and well-being foolishly by not getting health insurance, you could afford to work through these troubling issues with a trained psychotherapist rather than… this

And, again, you make a personal attack because you have no rational response.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Who do you think is upvoting them?

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wow, that’s even more sad than the story you just told me.

Also, irrelevant.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think it’s cute you thought someone was waiting with bated breath for each of your witty responses but wasn’t downvoting idiotic me for some reason.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

There you go again with your fantasy scenarios again… or was that just projection… again?

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Ok, let’s wrap this up.

Overall, I rate this a 7/10 troll. 5 base points, plus 1 for sticking with it and another bonus point for that shit about Ned Flanders. That made me laugh so hard, I almost broke character and called you out, but I wanted to see how far you’d take it.

Thanks for the practice. I haven’t had a good one of these since my Reddit days.

Time for bed. See you around, bud