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minus-squarebiofaust@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 hours agoTurning down the money != not endorsing it. Can you expand on that?
minus-squaresartalon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoTLDR: Who gives a shit? A. Is it really necessary to split hairs like this here? You come across as just looking for a pointless, pedantic argument. Obscure characterization of someone else’s motivation != anything useful. (Am I doing this right?) B. He fixed his list so it doesn’t matter. And if you did see his original list, then you could just RTFA they linked and figure it out. Being able to say something != Something should be said. (Yup it looks just as pretentious when I do it.)
Turning down the money != not endorsing it. Can you expand on that?
TLDR: Who gives a shit?
A. Is it really necessary to split hairs like this here? You come across as just looking for a pointless, pedantic argument.
Obscure characterization of someone else’s motivation != anything useful. (Am I doing this right?)
B. He fixed his list so it doesn’t matter. And if you did see his original list, then you could just RTFA they linked and figure it out.
Being able to say something != Something should be said.
(Yup it looks just as pretentious when I do it.)