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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They are not really lying, which is especially frustrating. But it wasn't enough by a long shot.

Telling someone that can't get out of a bog that you moved him a centimeter into the right direction will probably earn you some insults, despite the help.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The thing is that people somehow don't seem to realise there's a bog monster pulling in the opposite direction. Yes, it's a problem that they only got pulled 1 cm in the right direction. Yes, it's well worth criticising that it could have been 10 cm if the person doing the pulling hadn't tied a hand behind their back. But 1 cm of movement in the right direction is still far better than 2 m of movement in the wrong direction because the bog monster gained the upper hand.

And the people standing on the sidelines saying "let go of their hand and grab mine! I'll pull you in the right direction with both hands!" are also acting in bad faith, because if they actually had an interest in doing that they'd be grabbing onto the person who's currently doing the pulling and pulling helping them pull rather than expecting the victim to release and flounder around for their hand.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

The thing is that people somehow don’t seem to realise there’s a bog monster pulling in the opposite direction.

And we need to reach across the aisle to work with the bog monster! Don't you support bipartisanship?