It's not fun interacting with them when they often want to engage in ad hominems. This is why I have no interest in the tankie triad.
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Thanks for being a neutral and logical in this thing.
I think with Philpthebucket, he's just letting his annoyance with me overtake the logic he usually has. I've seen past posts of his where he's showing timestamps, logins, receipts etc to backup his point. But in this particular issue w me, he seems to be letting his feelings take over rather than his usual logic.
Most of his talk about me lately is just "Because of course Universal Monk is..." sorta statements. Which isn't really a good standard. If we're going to use his logic that I'm involved in something just because I'm commenting about a subject in a thread talking about the subject, then he's involved in it too. And you. And everyone who replies to a thread.
I kinda tried to follow the issues that he's reporting, but it's all over the place and he's naming so many people. I just couldn't follow it all. I have no clue what the actual frustration is. Is he for the anti-ai people or against them? Like what is he mad about?
I know I sometimes I give you shit about your takes, but you're a pretty stand-up guy. I still disagree with a lot of your opinions about me, but fuck all, you stay neutral more often than not, so I can respect that and I respect you. (most of the time, haha)