• Contramuffin@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Thanks for calling this out. I keep seeing political posts where the intent is clearly not to obtain answers but to obtain agreement. It makes me think that these people are attempting to karma farm.

    Back on reddit, wasn’t there a rule that questions had to be genuine? ie, rhetorical posts (like we see now) are not allowed? Perhaps it would make sense to start enforcing such a rule

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    2 months ago

    Are there really people getting upset about a ?

    Really!?

    People can get a thicker skin ?

    I mean people need to relax a little ?

    Or I might get petty ?

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    2 months ago

    Whinging eh? I read that similar to whinching or winging though I know you mean whining. If we’re tossing in question marks?

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      2 months ago

      I’m not entirely sure I read your comment correctly, but it sounds like you’ve never heard the word “whinging” before.

      For the avoidance of doubt, it’s a real word. It rhymes with “hinging”.

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        2 months ago

        And in the UK at least it’s a distinct word and meaning from whining. In the US I think we just use “whining” for both meanings.