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[–] 47 points 4 days ago (11 children)

I've got a suspicion that this is one of those "say something intentionally stupid so that everyone jumps on the train to correct you and create engagement".

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  • [–] 11 points 3 days ago (5 children)

    Next up: post a math problem with no right answers and watch the post get a million comments (where only 10% notice the lack of a right answer)

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  • [–] 3 points 3 days ago (4 children)

    It's Cunningham's Law in action.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago (2 children)

    I couldn't find your reference on google, could you explain what that is and how it relates or corrects my comment of Cunningham's Law?

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  • [–] 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

    That's how everything in the internet works nowadays. I just can't do it. Everyone (mostly bots I suspect) seem to want to get pissed off or feel themselves like correct or interesting.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    Or someone says something evocative of their meaning but not fully fact-checked and cited because they aren’t a clanker.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 days ago

    There's not all that much fact checking about something like that. It's not like they claimed something and got one small detail wrong. It's just a blanket statement that is unsubstantiated. Assuming they have common knowledge of the industry they're in, it takes just one game that is not coin-operated and has some save functionality to make the original statement invalid.

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