There is a popular game on the internet: ask someone to provide supporting material for their position then after time & energy is spent, pooh-pooh it or just ignore it (for example Graboyes' posting of Dr Rickford's comment).
I no longer take the bait unless I have some sort of IRL connection to the requestor - but then again, I am conte…
There is a popular game on the internet: ask someone to provide supporting material for their position then after time & energy is spent, pooh-pooh it or just ignore it (for example Graboyes' posting of Dr Rickford's comment).
I no longer take the bait unless I have some sort of IRL connection to the requestor - but then again, I am content to let my fellow man wallow in ignorance ;)
If they even are human...
About 30 years ago a cartoon was published in The New Yorker:
I know. I'm a glutton for punishment. A good response might be "Try Google. I'm sure you can find an 8-year-old to help you learn how to use it." I enjoyed the "No one knows you're a dog" story and the habit of drawing a cartoon and then trying to figure out an appropriate caption. David Burge, a.k.a. "Iowahawk" is a longtime Twitter/X wit with a dark, acidic sense of humor. A decade ago, he formulated what he called "Burge's Law": "Every New Yorker cartoon can be improved by recaptioning 'I think I'm going to kill myself'"
There is a popular game on the internet: ask someone to provide supporting material for their position then after time & energy is spent, pooh-pooh it or just ignore it (for example Graboyes' posting of Dr Rickford's comment).
I no longer take the bait unless I have some sort of IRL connection to the requestor - but then again, I am content to let my fellow man wallow in ignorance ;)
If they even are human...
About 30 years ago a cartoon was published in The New Yorker:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/nobody-knows-youre-a-dog-as-iconic-internet-cartoon-turns-20-creator-peter-steiner-knows-the-joke-rings-as-relevant-as-ever/2013/07/31/73372600-f98d-11e2-8e84-c56731a202fb_blog.html
I know. I'm a glutton for punishment. A good response might be "Try Google. I'm sure you can find an 8-year-old to help you learn how to use it." I enjoyed the "No one knows you're a dog" story and the habit of drawing a cartoon and then trying to figure out an appropriate caption. David Burge, a.k.a. "Iowahawk" is a longtime Twitter/X wit with a dark, acidic sense of humor. A decade ago, he formulated what he called "Burge's Law": "Every New Yorker cartoon can be improved by recaptioning 'I think I'm going to kill myself'"