Kawoomba comments on Sayeth the Girl - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Kawoomba 01 February 2015 11:43:40AM 0 points [-]

Seems like there's some feminists or some 6'5 men with a superiority complex around.

Well, I am 6'7, without a superiority complex of course. That's not why I downvoted you, though, and since you asked for an explanation:

I'm reading the comments and looking for some new ammo for my next fight in the gender wars.

That's not the kind of approach (arguments as soldiers) we're looking for in a rationality forum. One of the prequisites is a willingness to change your mind, which seems to be setting the bar too high for some people.

Comment author: [deleted] 01 February 2015 11:51:05AM -2 points [-]

This is silly. How can you take such a thing seriously?

Comment author: MarkusRamikin 01 February 2015 02:08:44PM *  -1 points [-]

Can you point out anything specific that's wrong with it, or is this just a "that's not something I'm used to" reaction?

Comment author: [deleted] 01 February 2015 03:36:29PM *  2 points [-]

I'll point you to question #4 of my original post:

Have you ever felt those gender wars to be silly?

And then, this, which Kawoomba also quoted:

P//S//A//III: I'm reading the comments and looking for some new ammo for my next fight in the gender wars.

I've made the implication that I think the gender wars are silly. After that, If the gender wars are silly, why would I be reading the comments and reloading my guns (ohhh, puns!) in the first place?

Can't you see how idiotic that is? You're free to call me an idiot, and I don't really care. But at the same time I also hope you make an update and understand that not everything should be taken literally. I could give you the story as to how I came to a conclusion about properly updating but that's: A. a short one so we can do it with a PM (I'll post it publicly if you want to - more powe.. er, downvotes to me!) B. Not very relevant to the current discussion, although it can be Yet Another Reason #24214 on why updating (and communicating) is important.