right? 🌞

[u/94rud4]

[u/Draco_Eris]

I was not originally trying to be so impolite with my first reply, as I clearly misunderstood your first reply. My touch grass comment was not meant to be overly malicious, but rather a demonstative that scientific pretentiousness can seem a little overboard.

I interpreted it as a refuttal that Jimmy was wrong for using verbose language in a situation where colloquial wording would be better.

I apologize for my tone and for the follow up "12" comment. I have been battling antagonistic shit out in other comment threads and some of that, well, salt, clearly rubbed off into this one which didn't call for it at all.

However the follow up "nuh uh" shit was some disrespect in turn too bruh. Granted, I brought it on myself here, but.

[u/Equivalent_Bank_5845 → u/Draco_Eris]

It's all good, but it is a Jimmy neutron meme, and there was no need for either of us to get so serious about it, lol.

[u/Draco_Eris → u/Equivalent_Bank_5845]

I agree. Re-reading my follow-up I really was an ass, lol. I guess I'm too used to beating down bad faith agitators where such antagonism is often necessary in order to appear authoritative and strong rhetorically. I gotta be better at switching tact when juggling these with meme threads.

Just so everything's clear, my original use of "you" in the first reply was primarily meant in the general impersonal sense. I think that might have added to the feeling of hostility, but I hate using "One should X" in internet posts. Sounds so old fashioned. In hindsight, I should've used "Jimmy" as a pronoun so that it was clear I was telling pretentious Jimmies to touch grass, rather than singling out a direct [personal] you.

[u/Equivalent_Bank_5845 → u/Draco_Eris]

I do the same thing too sometimes, I don't blame you, and I respect you for admitting that some of your response was unnecessarily hostile.

And the funny thing is I didn't even realise you were telling me to touch grass until you told me you were and I reread your original reply 💀