What is with the 'boomer' misuse?

[WelshBloke]

Too crazy to properly engage with. Falls under "not even wrong". Weird collection of random issues, few of which have much to do with 'socialism' at all.

I am just curious though how someone ends up with such a weird, distorted perspective - presumably it says something about the nature of rural North Americans? This feels like arguing with someone from another planet.

For starters, most socialists I've known regarded the UN as a tool of US imperialism. (and thus have always disliked it). And most regard the WEF as an instrument of international capitalism (along with the World Bank and the IMF).

I'm all in favour of higher density housing, and reducing car use (I _hate_ the dominance of the motor car), but neither have much to do with socialism.

On the contrary, have known many lifelong socialists who _loved_ driving. Personally, I feel more strongly about reducing car use than I do about socialism.

My lack of belief in socialism is for very different reasons than the weird collection of unrelated issues that you cite.

I like this post. It's what I'd have said if I thought that Squirrel would read it and think about it!

 

[dullard]

I think that I might have missed this. Or it's dissolved in the sea of inanity!

It started around this post, which confuses the words "permanent" and "indefinite". "Permanent" of course means forever and "Indefinite" means for an unknown length of time.

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[WelshBloke]

It started around this post, which confuses the words "permanent" and "indefinite". "Permanent" of course means forever and "Indefinite" means for an unknown length of time.

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It pisses me off when you make a post like...

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That addresses someones factual inaccuracies and they just ignore it and don't engage!

 

[dullard]

That addresses someones factual inaccuracies and they just ignore it and don't engage!

Admitting a mistake, error, or failure is quite hard--even for misremembering or misunderstanding a word in this case. Many people just shrink away and ignore it. It does leave the rest of us hanging though, hoping for a resolution. I had fun with that one though.

 

[WelshBloke]

Admitting a mistake, error, or failure is quite hard--even for misremembering or misunderstanding a word in this case. Many people just shrink away and ignore it. It does leave the rest of us hanging though, hoping for a resolution. I had fun with that one though.

I'm ok with being wrong. I have a wife and kids and they never tire of pointing out when I'm wrong!

My son came to visit from university the other week and we had a nice late evening conversation over a few beers and the upshot was that if I ever start telling him that he's wrong when we are talking about stuff that he knows more about than me he's to absolutely call me out on it. I don't want to end up being one of those old people!