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by jasonladuke0311 1754 days ago
Not picking on you, but...for how little sense this makes to me, it's practically an inside joke.

Between not having any idea who the participants are, and the horrid experience of reading Twitter (I presume the intended reading order is quoted tweet > tweet > text in picture?), I have absolutely no idea what the fuck is going on. Nor can I be bothered to care for something so irrelevant.

Twitter "discourse" is like a virus, infecting everything it touches.
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ecshafer 1754 days ago
The quoted tweet is... kind of stupid.

I assume the op must just be a fan of this particularly person and thinks its related. It basically is an inside joke.

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bigbillheck 1754 days ago
> Nor can I be bothered to care for something so irrelevant.

How is it irrelevant? The highlighted quote in the article excerpt says 'Kauffmann claimed that the instance of female students refusing to date Trump supporters provides evidence of "progressive authoritarianism"' which seems extremely on-topic to me.

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reccanti 1754 days ago
Twitter can be hard to parse, but it's not impossible to understand. If you're having trouble understanding it, you could ask or just not comment? This feels like the equivalent of replying to an argument with "you're"
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jasonladuke0311 1754 days ago
> If you're having trouble understanding it, you could ask or just not comment?

Respectfully, I think the onus is on you to add some context. The tweet doesn't contribute much to the discussion otherwise.

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