See the reply I just wrote to gjm for an explanation of my motivations.
When I was writing this, I thought the intent to parody would be clear; surely no one could seriously suggest we have to strike strength from our dictionaries? I seem to have been way off on that. Perhaps that is a reflection on the internet culture at large, where these kinds of arguments are common enough not to raise any eyebrows.
Anyway, I went one step further and put “parody” in the title.
I would probably put something like ‘this is a parody of the arguments used for ’there is no such thing as intelligence etc″
as some people (AKA me) might not pick up what you’re parodying.
Though perhaps I’m just in a small minority, and I don’t read internet debates as often as others do.
I don’t think I’ve ever been blind-sided by Poe’s law as hard as I have by your post.
Hmm, on second thought, I added a [/parody] tag at the end of my post—just in case...
My cursor was literally pixels away from the downvote button. :)
You know, I must applaud you. You really surprised me there. After reading that I could only say ‘What?’
Was this made as a prank or just as a humorous piece? I’m quite curious to know your intentions here.
See the reply I just wrote to gjm for an explanation of my motivations.
When I was writing this, I thought the intent to parody would be clear; surely no one could seriously suggest we have to strike strength from our dictionaries? I seem to have been way off on that. Perhaps that is a reflection on the internet culture at large, where these kinds of arguments are common enough not to raise any eyebrows.
Anyway, I went one step further and put “parody” in the title.
Ah, that makes sense.
I would probably put something like ‘this is a parody of the arguments used for ’there is no such thing as intelligence etc″ as some people (AKA me) might not pick up what you’re parodying.
Though perhaps I’m just in a small minority, and I don’t read internet debates as often as others do.
Thanks for the clarification by the way.
this addition was helpful. Although I do wonder if the concept can be steelmanned a bit.