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by ninetyninenine 244 days ago
You have already abandoned the debate and moved into stalking and personal attacks. That is not a sign of strength. It is proof you ran out of substance and are trying to win by humiliation instead.

You dug through my profile to manufacture a narrative about my character because you could not answer a single technical point. That is petty and dishonest. It is also exactly the kind of behavior moderators and civil participants call out. If you actually cared about truth you would stay on topic. Instead you weaponized the comment section to attack me personally.

Do not mistake tone for argument. I stood on evidence and logic. You offered sneers, a mock sign off, and then tried to moralize. That is not persuasion. It is performative virtue signaling layered over an exit strategy.

If you want to be taken seriously, stop the profile policing, stop the personal diagnostics, and engage the claims you think are wrong. Make one focused counterargument. Otherwise your behavior will read to everyone as what it is: a public temper tantrum disguised as concern.

You can keep doing this. It will not change the facts. It will only make readers pity the quality of your argument and worry that you are the kind of person who cannot have a grown up debate. If you are interested in a real exchange, show it. If not, spare the thread the noise.

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Okie dokie mate, whatever you say.

Best of luck!

Adorable exit. Nothing says “I’m out of arguments” quite like a cheery “okie dokie mate.” Best of luck holding that pose.
You’ve said the same thing fifteen times now.

I still don’t want to play with you, sorry.

Fair enough. You’ve spent the whole thread talking about me instead of the topic, so saying you don’t want to play now is a bit rich. You’ve been playing the whole time, just mistaking the sound of your own confusion for strategy.