• purpleworm [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    1 month ago

    That would be an excellent explanation if your response was “fair enough, have a nice day,” or even just “Oh, okay,” or “I don’t think we’ll get anywhere, then,” but if any of those were your response, I probably would not have asked for any explanation.

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        1 month ago

        From my perspective, I just answered your question as clearly as I could and explained my thinking. Perhaps I could have used more “I” phrasing, but I still think that you’re kind of “apologizing” while shifting blame.

        Would you have preferred that I use a term besides “obscurantist” because it sounds too accusatory? I don’t really know what else to describe it as except “mystifying,” which I think wouldn’t really be an improvement. Do you have any ideas?