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[–] 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