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Also, on a tangent, what we just saw with brain-emoji-Dan is an example of a pattern I've seen a few other times (e.g. #barnlaw ): someone sees an opportunity to quickly and easily smack down a low-status scrote and earn a few hedonic / social status / in-group points ...https://twitter.com/aelfred_D/status/1419751551414022146 …
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2/ and because they have like a 100:1 (or perhaps 100:0) success ratio in previous such disputes, they just wade in without checking the waters so they take off their glove and slap the peon ...and the peon slaps back
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3/ well, ok, this is Not How It Is Supposed To Work, but that's ok. Actually, it's great. All the more room for sport. This is now an opportunity to not just _correct_ a snot nosed upstart, but to actually HUMILIATE him. The hands rub together. What fun!
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4/ So then the Lettered Authority with the Old Name Around These Parts lands an ACTUAL slap, not just a glove. ...or he tries to. This too is blocked. HMMM
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5/ A prudent person would, at this point, pause.
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6/ Our exemplar, though, does not.
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7/ He doubles down, reaching deeper into his bag of rhetorical maneuvers. "AKSHUALLY the statistics show X" <confident snort> "AKSHAULLY language evolves!" <superior glower> ...because NO ONE has ever responded successfully to those.
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8/ "AKSHAULLY a barn is listed in section 13 of the zoning code, so it IS allowed in the residential district" <cocky smile> This is where they're slipping past the point of no return. In the first two rounds, they hadn't pushed many chips into the pot. They can fold.
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9/ They have now bid 99 cents for a dollar. If they fold now, they lose ... almost the entire dollar.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollar_auction …
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10/ They go on tilt, half panicked at the idea of losing their dollar, and half uncomprehending of what the real game they're playing is.
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11/ It's hilarious.
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