With every passing year I realize "Don't Feed The Trolls" is the worst decision the internet ever came up with. We let something disgusting fester thinking it was just someone trying to get a rise out of us. It wasn't a joke. It was never a joke. It was only pure seething hatred.
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Replying to @FilmCritHULK @coyotedancer
I keep thinking of disagreeing, and my mind keeps throwing out the line "Little boys throw stones at frogs in jest. Frogs die in earnest.", and I cannot disagree.
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(it's Joanna Russ, and I apologize for the misphrasing. Full and correct line is "As my mother once said: the boys throw stones at the frogs in jest. But the frogs die in earnest.")
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Replying to @aphotic_ink @coyotedancer
Hey there! Totally using this but that phrase in essay but in researching it actually goes back to a greek philosopher.https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bion_of_Borysthenes …
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Replying to @FilmCritHULK @coyotedancer
Oh cool! Thank you very much; I will update my references going forward. (Looking forward to the essay!)
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Replying to @aphotic_ink @coyotedancer
Not sure if you want a twitter link thank you for making me think of it in the essay? your call, but the article might get a lot of bad kinds of attention :(
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Replying to @FilmCritHULK @coyotedancer
Yeah, I was thinking that. :( It's a very kind offer, but I think I'll have to pass on a link. I'm sorry. Best wishes, though?
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Never be sorry! That was my exact hesitance and inclination as well. Thanks for being great!
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