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stingraycharles · 2022-07-09 05:53:08

It wasn’t my intention to claim to be an expert on the situation, as much as it was mostly to share a story and point out that there’s a large grey area here.

The parent definitely was factual and correct, but the tone made it sound a bit as if they thought my reasons for doing so were incorrect. That would be a bit of a stretch, and I think that’s what was bothering @naikrovek

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cwyers | karma 12109 | avg karma 4.27 · | 2017-05-22 02:55:29+00:00

> I feel like you are just going off on a random tangent without a lot of data here, just because you don't want to say "yeah, i guess the parent was wrong".

Okay, but, uh... having never been involved in the conversation until that point, I could have just... not said anything about the parent? It just sounded like you were trivializing something which likely wasn't an easy thing to do.

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Xeoncross | karma 4298 | avg karma 3.83 · | 2022-02-22 18:52:26

My apologies, I don't usually reply like this. I felt like the parent brushed off the points raised too quickly.

coldtea | karma 86593 | avg karma 2.38 · | 2013-08-05 11:36:35+00:00

>Not helpful. My question demands an answer from the person making the claim, unless you happen to know what they're thinking.

No, questions can be answered by anyone, if they provide a relevant answer.

What the person making the claim thought is irrelavent. The parent gave you a valid reply.

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inimino | karma 4524 | avg karma 2.12 · | 2019-07-17 18:20:34+00:00

The parent did not make an assessment. The parent made a value judgement and commented not on the article but on the author in absolute terms. I assume good faith, and my comment pointed out that the parent commenter in fact was being arrogant, as it is arrogant to make value judgements about someone else's situation from a position of relative ignorance.

chmod600 | karma 3933 | avg karma 3.17 · | 2022-02-19 00:19:37

I'm not an expert, but your statement seems confusing and possibly misses the point of the parent.

bawolff | karma 19532 | avg karma 3.08 · | 2020-11-15 22:36:21+00:00

I'm responding to what the parent wrote not the original article.

barbazoo | karma 7012 | avg karma 2.4 · | 2022-02-13 10:47:36

You seem to be reading too much into what I wrote. I simply implied that what parent wrote was incorrect.

gravypod | karma 6637 | avg karma 2.08 · | 2016-10-26 03:28:37

Would you like to refute their statements or provide your own view point? If not then there isn't much of a reason to think that the parent isn't correct in his analysis of the situation.

lupire | karma 8318 | avg karma 1.26 · | 2024-03-06 18:50:38

The parent explained why that's not true.

A4ET8a8uTh0 | karma 5530 | avg karma 1.66 · | 2021-07-20 08:11:50

Please address parent's post in good faith. The point he was not outlandish or imponderable.

wokwokwok | karma 5467 | avg karma 5.25 · | 2020-12-14 12:52:43

The parent did not rely on authority; they posted actual substantive content. Read their comment history.

You can choose to flip off people's qualifications if you want.... but it doesn't make what they say wrong, no matter hooooooowwwww much you don't like it. :)

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RamblingCTO | karma 1338 | avg karma 1.44 · | 2022-10-21 16:41:30

Seriously? Look at the parent your commenting on ... I'm saying that your critique hit the wrong comment. You may not know it, but you commented on her indirectly. Maybe get to know the topic a bit more before commenting without knowing a thing. You're calling bs on parent, but parent is right, you dismiss it because you have no clue what you're talking about.

shaddi | karma 1420 | avg karma 5.44 · | 2010-01-14 14:55:43+00:00

I don't think that's what the parent was saying at all. They were just providing an on-topic anecdote.

themitigating | karma 2089 | avg karma 0.91 · | 2022-11-17 22:12:11

You're right, I should have been more careful and I get the irony. The comment sounded like it was a defense by the parent and I made an assumption.

However I don't consider it giving someone a hard time. I think of it as calling out people who decrease the quality of the conversation. You could throw that accusation back at me for my mistake but it is just that, a mistake.

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runjake | karma 12875 | avg karma 3.04 · | 2021-12-20 16:54:24

FWIW, I'm the parent he was replying to and I was fine with and appreciative of his correction. It seemed the appropriate amount of antagonism, given my error.

shatteredspace | karma 40 | avg karma 2.5 · | 2021-11-15 19:45:02

I don't have a fully developed opinion on that, so I won't try to come up with one on the spot. My comment is purely because I felt the parent left out details about the blog post that should have been pointed out.

tailspin2019 | karma 4433 | avg karma 3.89 · | 2022-08-28 14:21:46

I don’t have an opinion on that. I was replying to the parent (about sources of information) with my specific experience.

bjz_ | karma 2589 | avg karma 3.42 · | 2013-09-22 11:11:24+00:00

Great post, but I don't think the parent was attempting to make some kind of rhetorical point, merely asking an honest question.

pupe | karma 0 | avg karma 0.0 · | 2019-08-21 07:45:15+00:00

I never claimed to be one. My comment is directly relevant to the parent, so is on topic. Also, good job demonstrating courtesy with your dismissive tone.