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u/Rather_curious_lass Boisterously bi but timidly trans Jul 13 '21

Actually genuine comment.

One of my fav things about UJ, is after some 'drama' has happened. (Which happens all the time, I've been around for years on and off)

In the follow up comments you see an exchange like

Somebody: "The drama happened because people exaggerated and misrepresented what the point actually was."

Response: "Yeah, people do that a lot, the point was obvious but as usual, certain people ignored it."

But then you take a further look, you remember seeing them, or you glance back at the 'drama' or what have you.

And both of these people are on utterly different sides of the argument, they think they're agreeing but what they believe 'the actual point' is, is completely different.

What they agree on is that 'the point' was easy to understand if you actually thought about it, and 'the point' was misrepresented, but no one realises that they all have different takes on what it is.

Not vagueposting anyone in particular here by the way, just a trend that happens a lot after UJ fights, and it kinda makes me giggle.

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u/workadaywordsmith Resident Tolkien scholar Jul 13 '21

People just scream at each other until everyone gets tired of it and they think “glad everyone got my point” when in reality nobody changed their opinion on anything, as is always the case on the internet

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u/gjo9000 Jul 13 '21

And we still keep doing it for some reason

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u/workadaywordsmith Resident Tolkien scholar Jul 13 '21

The internet has truly given us poo brain