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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately for folks with genuine curiosity, feigning ignorance on information that is perceived to be commonly known or understood is a very common tactic of bad faith actors who attempt to slowly erode a discussion as part of trolling or manipulation. It has put a lot of folks off to the point where they would rather advise to look it up and disengage rather than take a chance it’s another game down the rabbit hole. Reading your dialogue as a third party it illuminates as such even if unintentionally so.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I think I understand? Thanks for claring things up, and sorry if I accidentally distracted from the actual topic (although mentioning the bad faith trolling has probably done that more effectively... but whatever)

[–] can 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I want to add my hesitation came from it being hard to describe adequately and assuming someone else would do better.

Edit: and I never actually thought you specifically were trolling, I was just being cheeky