Post #1982219
2026-04-16 12:04 UTC
@loops @actuallyautistic
I often use ‘you are tearing down your own poorly formed argument, not mine’ for people who twist my words into something unrecognizable to me to justify trashing it. Who create strawmen instead of think a minute and engage authentically & to understand. I try not to waste my time further with them once I see it. They are people looking for a fight.
I don’t understand what you mean by ‘say what you want or get what you say.’
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@loops@neurodifferent.me 2026-04-16 21:17
@JoBlakely to clarify, I’m trying to refer to the situations where people will give unclear / vague instruction - but still hold you to achieving precisely what they wanted, or act exasperated when you perform a very literal interpretation, hence they “get what they said”. I know grammatically it’s not quite 100% correct, I was going for the kind of snappy quip format - does that help clear it up?