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@ Objection @lemmy.ml

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If someone claims something happened on the fediverse without providing a link, they're lying.
Evidence or GTFO.

7h ago

This is the one and only time I want the opinion of a .ml user!
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OBJECTION! @lemmy.ml 7h ago
Show me where it says that in the French constitution

8h ago

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OBJECTION! @lemmy.ml 8h ago

The water quality could be explained if this is during or after a big storm

Possible.

I don’t see anything weird with the chairs except that one is not part of the set. The thin legs are from the table.

There's all sorts of things wrong with them.

:::spoiler Way too closely examinating the picture

Exhibit A: The table is supported in the center. If those are table legs, then why are they only on one side? Looks very much like they're supposed to be chair legs but an AI got confused.

Exhibit B: The chair on the far side appears to go through the table.

Exhibit C: The side of the side of the box looks weirdly curved, like it's supposed to also look like a chair leg. But we can see these chairs don't have back legs from the other. This continues into a weird artifact that connects to the back of the chair, which doesn't make any sense at all. It's not part of the armrest.

Exhibit D: Also, look at this fence. See how it bends inward like that? Fences don't look like that.

Also, how did the gator get past a fence like that? If the storm had knocked it over, it seems likely that someone taking the picture would include the damage. Could it be a partial fence? Sure. But it's just another question mark, another assumption required to make the picture make sense.

Exhibit E: Do drainpipes normally drain right where people sit, where the water will go straight into the pool? Not impossible, and I guess it explains why the water would dirty, but like another thing that makes me go hmm.

Exhibit F: Funny enough, the "fingers" are wrong. Alligators have three claws in the back (as in the Shutterstock photo, and according to Google) this one only has two, and they're clean white which is strange.

But probably the biggest thing to me is just that googling, all I saw was this being on Facebook and other social media, no news reports. "Dangerous wildlife acting cute" is a popular genre of AI posts.

We know it was reported on when this happened in 2019, before AI image generation kicked off. It's just too many little things for me to believe it.

13h ago

Preaching non violence protects the state

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OBJECTION! @lemmy.ml 13h ago

The Imperium of Man condemns all political violence.

:::spoiler spoiler

In the wake of the tragic assignation of a loyal advocate for the Imperium, Carolus Kirk, the High Lords of Terra have added their voices to those condemning all forms of political violence as a vile form of heresy which must be immediately purged through cleansing fire.

Although the Inquisition has yet to release details on the assassin's motivations, it is likely that he was under the influence of heresy, manipulated by either by xenos or the forces of Chaos. Heretical rumors that the shooter believed that Carolus himself was being manipulated by such forces are completely false. Carolus, who is survived by his wife and children, never once wavered in his loyal advocacy for the values of the Imperium, which he believed in to his core: hatred and intolerance to xenos and heretics of all kinds.

In brighter news, a dozen xenos worlds have been put to the torch leaving no survivors, as the Adeptus Astartes continue their heroic mission to eradicate all those who would stand against the Imperium and the absolute dominance of humanity.

Glory to the Emperor, and death to all those who celebrate political violence!

13h ago

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OBJECTION! @lemmy.ml 13h ago

Miami New Times - Alligator Spotted on Alligator Pool Float

This doesn't have the same picture, but it shows it is possible.

However having seen those pictures I'm almost more skeptical of this one. Why is the pool so dirty? Most pictures of alligators are gonna be in dirty water, so I could see an AI doing that. The alligator also looks suspiciously clean and kind of "cutesy" to me. The chairs also seem a little weird, and what's the weird blue thing on the ground?

It could be that someone took a real story but decided to "clean it up" with AI.

13h ago

This is the one and only time I want the opinion of a .ml user!

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OBJECTION! @lemmy.ml 13h ago

B. My plan is to do it "circumcision style" in order to add another layer to The Discourse:

"The beheading is troublingly evocative of the barbaric practice of male genital mutilation."

"Nice MRA talking point. Sure, circumcision is bad, but why are we focusing on that instead of the more severe forms of oppression minorities face?"

"Wow. Both of you have such a colonizer mentality. Cultures have a right to continue their traditional practices even if a bunch of White Saviors think they know better. 'Barbaric practice' is so revealing."

Soon enough, everyone will have forgotten all about the dinosaur.

23h ago

Not keeping track of lies - The result

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OBJECTION! @lemmy.ml 23h ago

I feel the need to "defend" every single state that has ever existed. Because I'm operating on a different paradigm than you.

I care about whether claims made are true or false. "Defending" doesn't enter into the equation for me. If you say Hitler was an evil space alien, I will push back on that, simply because it's not true, with absolutely zero regard for whether by refuting misinformation, I'm "defending Hitler."

Liberals seem to operate differently. They see things in terms of good countries and bad countries (and people), and they see everything in those terms. So, if a claim is complete bullshit, but it makes a "bad country" look bad, then you should accept it, or at least let it stand. And if someone tries to refute misinformation about a "bad country," the only way they can understand that behavior is if the person saying it thinks the "bad country" is actually "good."

To me, that's just intellectual dishonesty. You don't just make shit up about whoever you don't like, and I don't see how anyone who sees things that way could ever be trustworthy.

24h ago

Not keeping track of lies - The result

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OBJECTION! @lemmy.ml 24h ago

I play chess exactly the way you play chess. I told you this repeatedly.

Do you really not understand what's happening here? How much more blatant do I have to be?

You used a shit ton of bad faith tactics in this conversation. I could have, and to some extent did call them out. But then you can just ignore, deny, or otherwise dismiss that.

Which is why I'm simply throwing them straight back in your face. I've said several times that I'm using bad faith tactics, but I'm doing that for a purpose. Because now you have to be the one to label these tactics as bad faith. And every single bad faith tactic I employed is something you did first.

Demonstration by example. Is it frustrating the way I keep asking you pointless, irrelevant questions, making it impossible to have a conversation? Maybe you'll think about that the next time you do that, the way you did from the start. Does it piss you off the way I twist your words around, the way you do with mine? You don't like how I pretended you didn't answer the same way you did? Boo fucking hoo. You wanna go low, I will be right there with you. I am not afraid to get dirty wrestling a pig.

So yes, I am in fact playing chess like a pigeon, because I am playing chess with a pigeon, and I'm just following your lead. I'd be perfectly happy to have a real conversation otherwise.

1d ago

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OBJECTION! @lemmy.ml 1d ago

By linking to a clip by System of a Down, are you saying you think my parents have down syndrome?

1d ago

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OBJECTION! @lemmy.ml 1d ago

Sure, just as soon as you answer what I asked about what a question is. That's not an answer.

Did you miss the part where I said I'd throw your bad faith tactics straight back in your face? You don't like my tactics, then you don't like your tactics, because all I'm doing is holding up a mirror.

1d ago

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OBJECTION! @lemmy.ml 1d ago

What's a "question?" Can you define it?

1d ago

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OBJECTION! @lemmy.ml 1d ago

INB4 you critique "my" phrasing again

1d ago

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OBJECTION! @lemmy.ml 1d ago

After this conversation, I assume so.

1d ago

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OBJECTION! @lemmy.ml 1d ago

What's a viewpoint? Can you define it? What does it mean to refute something? Can you define it?

Why aren't you answering me? You must know what these words mean if you're using them. Are you a dumbass?

Say whatever you like. I've put up with your shit long enough and I'm just going to keep doing this.

Go ahead, say I'm acting in bad faith for doing exactly what you did.

We've already seen exactly how you respond when I do answer your bad faith questions, so expect that too.

1d ago

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OBJECTION! @lemmy.ml 1d ago

Why didn't you answer my question? What does it mean to put something in "my own words?" Are you a dumbass? Why can't you answer that when you said it yourself? What's a "world view" by the way? Can you define that, or are you too dumb to?

you are placing your world view

Which the author is placing in their worldview. I have been abundantly clear that I do not agree with their terminology. You're just trying to attack me on complete and total bullshit because you know you can't address my actual point.

1d ago

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OBJECTION! @lemmy.ml 1d ago

I'm not playing your game.

What do you mean by, "your own words?" Can you define it? What does the word "what" mean? Can you define it?

You do this blatantly bad faith shit, I'm just gonna start throwing it back in your face. I don't care whether you call me a dumbass, I care if you're being intellectually dishonest, which you very clearly are.

1d ago

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OBJECTION! @lemmy.ml 1d ago

Yet again, completely ignoring the actual point so you can do this pointless nickpicking and pedantry. Not one word that you've said has actually been relevant to anything. Extremely predictable, again, it's because you know it's true and you're defensive about it.

Christ almighty you’ll

I already told you it's not even my fucking term.

Now, WHAT’S A WESTERNER?

Seriously? You can fucking google it, dumbass. Everyone knows what a Westerner is.

1d ago

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OBJECTION! @lemmy.ml 1d ago

Literally just did.

Is this how I find out I have psychic powers? Who could've predicted this?

1d ago

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OBJECTION! @lemmy.ml 1d ago

What they mean is the proletariat of exploitative countries, those in the imperial core, who they see as having a distinct class character from the proletariat of exploited countries.

Does that satisfy your pointless pedantry? Of course not. Now you'll find another pointless detail to quibble over, or you'll nitpick my definition. Because the point being made seems to have struck a nerve with you, but you can't actually find anything to counter it so you focus on this nonsense.

If the shoe fits, wear it. I'm guessing you know it's true, at least on some level, and that's why you're doing this.

1d ago

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OBJECTION! @lemmy.ml 1d ago

You deferred to authority with your reference to a blog

Jesus Christ, any time I cite any sort of theory about anything people immediately jump down my throat with this "appeal to authority" bullshit.

I referenced the blog not because it has any sort of "authority" but because it explains the concept quite well.

I'm sorry that, apparently unlike you, I'm capable of respecting insight regardless of whether it's written in the most proper, ideologically correct phrasing.

So I am asking to define what those classes are, and which people are bound to that definition?

No. Message the author if you want a definition. I already told you I wouldn't use the term personally.

The overall point is quite clear regardless of that terminology. And you haven't said a single thing to contest that point, you're just whining about phrasing for no apparent reason.

1d ago

The Best Kind of Plot 👍

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OBJECTION! @lemmy.ml 1d ago

Off the top of my head, Wonder Woman and Vox Machina.