• @breadsmasher@lemmy.world
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    658 months ago

    Can I ask a sincere question? whats a tech sociopath apologist, could you demonstrate an example?

    Again, im sincerely genuinely asking

    • @froztbyte
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      618 months ago

      Someone who takes it on themselves to act as apologist for the words/actions of tech sociopaths

      Often seen as “weird nerds coming to defense of $x” (such as musk, or in this case the kagi dudebro)

      • @froztbyte
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        488 months ago

        (And then I glanced at your post history and noticed a trend of JAQing off so I now doubt whether you’re sincere in asking)

          • @Soyweiser
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            8 months ago

            JAQing

            https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Just_asking_questions first hit (on google ;) ) which has a good explanation.

            E: And I don’t meant this post as a ‘just fucking google it’ or ‘educate yourself’ (well a little bit) but more to show there is more to this accusation of JAQing than just some way to shut you down. The method is used by bad faith actors a lot, so it is a pattern of behavior a lot of people react negatively too. So, assuming you are acting in good faith, it is a good way to learn why people are reacting to you like you are a bit of an bad faith actor. And if you are a bad faith actor, I only wasted a little bit of my time typing this out so nothing really lost.

            • Ænima
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              138 months ago

              I call that doing a “Tucker Carlson.”

              • @Soyweiser
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                I had a weird brainfart a while back when I realized that Carlson reminds me of this guy.

                The bad faith ‘bugs that think are offensive’ debate guy from starship troopers. He even wears a bow tie!

          • Crazazy [hey hi! :D]
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            238 months ago

            Short for Just Asking Questions. Where people ask loaded questions that act as a veneer to their actual statements. If you want to accuse them of the fact they are talking shit, they’ll say they’re “just skeptical” and “asking questions”

              • @selfA
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                78 months ago

                yes, I’ve seen it

                  • @YourNetworkIsHaunted
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                    248 months ago

                    I mean yeah, it kind of is. Unfortunately when folks impersonate the clueless in bad faith the people who legitimately don’t know stuff tend to get caught in the crossfire, and I say this as someone who is frequently clueless.

                    Best advice I can offer is to develop a thick skin about it and be willing to put the work in if someone helps you find the keywords to look up. The more of the background you can find yourself the better equipped you’ll be to ask specific questions that are less likely to be suspected for JAQing us around.

                  • @aio
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                    108 months ago

                    Simply asking questions would be SAQing off, which is totally different.

                  • @selfA
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                    98 months ago

                    maybe they caught a ban cause of their weird fucking vibes and cause they couldn’t help but thread a bunch of low-effort garbage into a moderator announcement