Like I said at the beginning, this all would’ve gone a whole lot smoother if there was much more “I’m happy saying you are just wrong” and much less “I can’t even conceive of a different opinion that is wrong, so every statement will be some weird mashup of normative and positive and will be thoroughly begging the question to death.” We can’t resolve impasses if one or more sides can’t grasp there even is an impasse.
Sorry, that was my attempt at being diplomatic. I’m not sure if it would’ve been better had I said, “But dad Chris, they started it!”
I mean, if we were putting any weight into trying something different, then Skydiver should’ve probably been banned for the “Here’s the fucking deal” post. That doesn’t mean there was even anything objectively wrong with it, because that “if” is doing a lot of work. But somehow it was deemed ok, and the OOT-style was somehow decided upon as being ideal to strive for, and well, that’s not nothing.
I’m not ignoring the rest but I just woke up, and ordinarily I’d just add a postscript or make another post, but God Bless The Throttles For They Are Good.
p.s. Ok, one postscript. I’m gonna share a post for a third time and maybe it won’t get Westworlded again, because I’ve been told that time is charmed:
And consider this: Cuse was always one of my favorite posters, going back years. During the election I stayed up with him talking on the phone during the wee hours, after everybody went to sleep, more than once…
There is absolutely one side trying to make this a That Side vs This Side and it’s quite clearly not my side.
(yes, I know, the phrasing of that last sentence is meant to be a good-natured joke)