• Rhoeri@piefed.world
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    1 month ago

    The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it

    ~ George Bernard Shaw

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      1 month ago

      It’s not going to fail.

      Your own future-looking statement; 100% predictive.

      *“The power of accurate observation . . .”

      Your comeback, lol.

      “‘Accurate observation’ is only applicable to the present and past. Try harder when borrowing false intellectual authentication from old quotes.”

      ~ Me, just now

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        1 month ago

        Try reading it again and this time, pay attention to the context instead of thinking up edgy shit to respond with.

        I’ll bet it makes more sense.

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          1 month ago

          Says the month old account full of brief low-effort posts insisting that any resistance will fail. You know, like the one I just called you out on.

          It’s not my comprehension at fault here, kid. It’s your agenda. I don’t want fascism to succeed in my country. You want people to feel too discouraged to even think about resisting. And I’m here to put a cold boot in that wherever I see it.

          Don’t need no old quote for that. And George Bernard Shaw was a questionable source to start with.

          Shaw was a poseur and a puritan; he was similarly a bourgeois and an antibourgeois writer, working for Hearst and posterity; his didacticism is entertaining and his pranks are purposeful; he supports socialism and is tempted by fascism.

          —Leonard Feinberg, The Satirist (2006)

          As I said, try harder.

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              1 month ago

              Dude. Piefed.world is also a .world account, or hadn’t you noticed?

              Also, seems like you have stopped trying to defend the indefensible, which is a plus. But go ahead, quote another fascist-lite to me in defense of your position.