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SanctimoniousApe

@ SanctimoniousApe @lemmings.world

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1 yr. ago

Since I invariably wind up getting "name suits" types of comments, here's the explanation behind it:
Around the turn of the millennium, I was trying to come up with a username to use on a particular site that had a shortish character count limit for usernames. My goal was something related to the fact that I would often be making my points in arguments with "holier-than-thou" types by taking what they were saying, and turning it on its head so the offensive stuff was directed back at them.
I also happened to learn shortly beforehand that many years ago "'ape" was somewhat commonly used as a verb to mean "imitate" or "copy."
I'm sure you can figure the rest out.

3h ago

Give me some good ones
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SanctimoniousApe @lemmings.world 3h ago
What are the odds that a significant portion of Lemmy/Piefed users weren't at one time exactly that? I figure that number's gotta be pretty low.

4h ago

Ukrainian F-16 Pilots Rewrite Tactics as Western Training Falls Short at Front

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SanctimoniousApe @lemmings.world 4h ago

And they told us video games were bad for us!

5h ago

Regional differences

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SanctimoniousApe @lemmings.world 5h ago

I heard that's how abortions are done in red states now - just gotta get 'er done solo so nobody can challenge the narrative.

6h ago

Give me some good ones

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SanctimoniousApe @lemmings.world 6h ago

This one's not so brainy, but considering the character it was addressed to it was enough - that being one of my favorite lines from the show Firefly: "Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle."

8h ago

Mafs

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SanctimoniousApe @lemmings.world 8h ago

They had to get the film developed & digitized.

Fuck, I'm old.

9h ago

Your grandma's mine

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SanctimoniousApe @lemmings.world 9h ago

I'm aware. It was a joke implying they had... personal knowledge/experience.

What can I say? I've got a sick mind.

13h ago

Your grandma's mine

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SanctimoniousApe @lemmings.world 13h ago

I'm afraid to ask how you know she's still able to get... moist enough to do that at her age.

21h ago

Your grandma's mine

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SanctimoniousApe @lemmings.world 21h ago

If you rub it, does she come out and grant you wishes? 'Cause that's the only way this makes sense. Otherwise, with logic like this, I can't blame him.

2d ago

I took a pole recently.

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SanctimoniousApe @lemmings.world 2d ago

Was the pole from Warsaw?

3d ago

Makes perfect sense

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SanctimoniousApe @lemmings.world 3d ago

Ahhh... Thanks for the explanation. Seems almost obvious in hindsight, but I'm not sure I'd ever have figured it out otherwise.

3d ago

This photo was taken at the White House Protest against the current American Venezuela War

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SanctimoniousApe @lemmings.world 3d ago

Bush had the "advantage" of 9/11 happening during his first year in office, shocking what was at the time still mostly a relatively sane country (compared to today). We were (theoretically) attacked first, so that gave DUHbya all sorts of popular support for a response in kind. Not the case here.

You're right regarding what people will actually care about, tho.

3d ago

Makes perfect sense

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SanctimoniousApe @lemmings.world 3d ago

Well, then I'm lost - why would you say that?

3d ago

Makes perfect sense

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SanctimoniousApe @lemmings.world 3d ago

I was hinting that I stopped myself from saying "victim." The "er" is kind of like saying "uh" when you're trying to think while talking, except it implies that I kept myself from saying something I realized I probably shouldn't say.

3d ago

This photo was taken at the White House Protest against the current American Venezuela War

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SanctimoniousApe @lemmings.world 3d ago

Protests can (and admittedly often do) devolve into shouting matches, but not necessarily. As I've aged I've reached the understanding that those never accomplish anything positive or useful. As such, I rarely bother anymore - if I go to a protest, I'm there simply to be counted as one of the (hopefully) many on that side of things. I do my best not to allow myself to be baited because it's just so pointless.

Do I censor myself? Maybe - if you consider choosing not to bother arguing a point because it seems likely that they're not going to engage in good faith to be self-censoring. Otherwise, not really - I do try to consider my words carefully because there can be a LOT of logical steps to an argument that I don't normally consciously think about as I likely reached my stance a LONG time ago and all that immediately comes to mind is my final conclusion.

My life involved significant patches of effective solitude, and so I never really had to learn to argue my perspectives until I was old/mature enough to understand the importance of politics. Up until then, my thought processes were solely focused on determining the end result - the important things to remember. All the steps that got me to a final answer weren't important enough to bother trying to remember because I usually didn't need to recall them very often.

Unfortunately, politics is ALL about arguing those individual steps before the final conclusion I reached, but my brain wasn't trained during my lifetime to work that way - so I have to think out what I'm saying each time. It's why I prefer this text-based type of social site - I can't think on the spot quickly enough to do video, for example.

So if you consider that to be self-censorship, well I disagree. I consider it making sure I'm communicating what I intend to effectively so that the conversation doesn't get derailed too easily.

3d ago

This photo was taken at the White House Protest against the current American Venezuela War

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SanctimoniousApe @lemmings.world 3d ago

I prefer honest communication. Without that, there's no point in saying/shouting anything at all. I prefer to waste my time in more satisfying ways.

3d ago

This photo was taken at the White House Protest against the current American Venezuela War

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SanctimoniousApe @lemmings.world 3d ago

Maybe when conservatives stop playing "gotcha" games - attacking the absolute slightest imperfection in any liberal's argument, all the while completely ignoring/blowing off the constant flat out blatant lies and lies of omission made by their so-called "leaders," Maybe.