The thread under this comment been yourself and Said seems to conflate two different questions, resulting in you talking past each other: 1. Can Aella predict that people will be offended by things. 2. Can Aella empathize with the offended people / understand why they are offended.
My guess would be that Aella can generally predict people’s reactions, but she cannot empathize with their point of view.
The nearby pattern of internet bait that I dislike is when someone says “I don’t understand how someone can say/think/do X” where this is implicitly a criticism of the behavior.
I think the reason I find these tweets of Aella’s highly engaging and rage-baity is that they generally read as criticisms to me. Perhaps this is uncharitable, but I expect this is also how most others read them.
The thread under this comment been yourself and Said seems to conflate two different questions, resulting in you talking past each other:
1. Can Aella predict that people will be offended by things.
2. Can Aella empathize with the offended people / understand why they are offended.
My guess would be that Aella can generally predict people’s reactions, but she cannot empathize with their point of view.
I think the reason I find these tweets of Aella’s highly engaging and rage-baity is that they generally read as criticisms to me. Perhaps this is uncharitable, but I expect this is also how most others read them.
I’d be interested in discussing examples, I expect I will disagree.