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Politically-engaged Redditors tend to be more toxic -- even in non-political subreddits
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Say you don't like Linux here and tell me how many people call you a bootlicker lol
Or even better - "piracy is theft" or "ads keep YouTube free and are thus good."
You don't have to believe it. Just toss it up in a thread as a test and enjoy your next 12-36 hours.
The Linux thing, I doubt you'll get toxic comments. You'll probably get comments asking why to try to help, though that can always come off as demeaning. If you say Linux is bad, that's different. You'll likely get a lot of comments explaining why that isn't true and that it's a pretty ignorant take.
For the other comments, "piracy is theft" is, again, an objective statement, not a value judgement. Saying that is to say people who disagree are wrong. Same with the YouTube one. Change "good" to "useful" would probably be better way to say it.
There's a difference between comments that judge other people (which will likely get a strong response) and comments that judge the subject. It's something people frequently fail with. Even if it's worded well, people will often take judging something they agree with as an attack on their character, which is also not useful. Humans aren't logical beings.
They are wrong. People putting their own values ("I'm not a thief!") into an objective statement are the people who are incorrect. You can justify piracy, but it is literally always a form of stealing. People here are very pro-piracy and, cool, so am I, but it's stealing.
Point conceded on the YouTube thing tho, it's inexcusable to be loose with my language in a post I'm using as an example.
To my great dismay. I'd have avoided a lot of issues if I were more logical lol
Copying is not theft. When you steal, you leave one less left.
Yes I've gone around this little carousel many times with people trying to justify it for themselves. You don't need to justify anything to me. I'm not your dad.
Like not paying for a haircut if the stylist didn't have any customer at that time anyway. It's a victimless crime!
(Btw I have a large Plex server. So yeah, I'm a hypocrite.)
That took labor. Copying bits doesn't take labor. We don't have people working in a bit mine.