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[–] vexikron@lemmy.zip -1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

So here you just completely admit to doing the very thing I advocated against.

You are not responding to what I said, you are responding to me based on a thing I said I liked, soley based on associations of that thing I like, without actually asking me /why?/

Then you also assumed I believe things, or have opinions or whatever that I do not actually have.

I did not expect an actual example of Tumblr hivemindism to actually manifest when I criticized it.

Remarkable.

[–] MudMan@kbin.social -4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Ah, yes (raises glasses) (strikes anime pose)... remarkable.

You have to consider, if only for a moment, that people are going off of context cues here, friend.

Hey, context cues can be deceptive. The Internet is prone to generalizations, and nobody has time to be selective, so a ton of babies go waaaay out of here with a deluge of bathwater. But at the very least seeing people react to what one does online provides... a sense of branding feedback?

People love to make sweeping declarations in social media. It's all mostly crap, but it's worth interrogating what one is projecting to make that cut sometimes. And I say this as somebody who gets branded a "reply guy" all the time. Often rightfully so.

[–] vexikron@lemmy.zip 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Mhm, so you got caught being a hypocrite and are now doing an extremely cringe explanation of how being a hypocrite is normal and fine, while in an anime pose.

My /whole point, from the start/ is that going off context cues alone is not a good idea, especially when trying to have an interpersonal relationship, or considering whether one is worth pursuing.

But you appear to be unable to admit that you completely missed that point, acted like a fool and an asshole, and are now being even more insufferable by basically saying stylish things that only further illustrate that you are a hypocrite.

'The internet is prone to generalizations'

Mhm, yep, that is not a good thing though. See my /main point/, you know the one you completely missed?

'Nobody has time to be selective'

And yet here you are, continuing to selectively respond.

'Branding Feedback'

I suppose that yes I am providing Brand Feedback to Tumblr and its largely insane user base. It was kind of like the opening preamble to my original comment. Is that what triggered you initially to speed read or wilfully misinterpret what I wrote, to describe hardcore Tumblr users as acting as you are now?

'Social media is full of generalizations but sometimes thats bad'

Again... thats basically my whole main point, from the start.

You have now dropped into third person / impersonal descriptions of the mistakes you have made so as to dissociate yourself from what you have done, seemingly in an attempt to avoid responsibility for your obvious errors.

You /could/ maybe admit you made an embarrassing mistake and give a genuine apology, but instead you appear to be basically doing a really bad attempt of gaslighting me into somehow both forgetting /my main point this whole time/ and also offering it as an excuse for your behavior, in an extremely dramatic and pretentious manner, while pretending to be an anime character.

Uh... ok then. So you have checked off a bunch of the boxes I initially set out that describe TumblrBrain. I guess uh have fun living in your little personal anime fan fic universe.

At this point, any one who reads this whole thread may agree with me when I say that perhaps knowing that a person spends way too much time on Tumblr should be seen as a red flag and you may want to reconsider being their friend or partner, as here we have an example of what is presumably a TumblrAddict being manipulative, hypocritical, gaslighting, being unable to admit or take responsibility for an obvious fault of their own, who retreats into a strange kind of alternate personality when cognitive dissonance becomes to much to bare.

[–] MudMan@kbin.social -1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I have not been in Tumblr since... what, 2010? I don't think I've ever posted anything on Tumblr.

But then again, you've had a whole argument against a made up person, so why stop now?

Also, you may want to re-read my post, because you got hung up on the anime character pose joke... and you didn't get what (specifically: who) the anime pose joke was about.

I don't know who hurt you on Tumblr, bud, but it may be time to let go. In any case, since you don't need me to have this conversation at all, you can carry on by yourself, I'm sure.