On Sun Feb 16, 2025 at 4:25 AM CET, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > At 2025-02-16T04:19:20+0100, onf wrote: > > On Sun Feb 16, 2025 at 4:01 AM CET, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > > > With the quotation marks, it seemed to lie toward the "mind-reading" > > > end of the speculative continuum. > > > > That was not my intention. I am sorry if it came off like that. > > No harm done. I did recently have an experience (nothing to do with > groff) where someone really did recast my words to be more offensive > (like I need the help) and put quotation marks around them--this to make > a case for their intense perturbation with me.
Ouch. > > > > I was just light-heartedly paraphrasing what I tend to think in > > > > similar situations when I am not sure if something is deliberate > > > > or a mistake on the author's part. > > > > > > And likewise, I was light-heartedly suggesting you were being > > > heavy-handed. ;-) > > > > I will consider being more cautious in my replies to you in the > > future.. :) > > Caution is not mandatory. I don't have a glass jaw. But after > absorbing a couple of punches I may start reciprocating. :P > > One of the least useless YouTube videos I've seen is on this subject. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOvAbjfJ0x0 Take note that (IIRC) the conclusion of research surrounding the Prisoner's Dilemma has been that the best strategy is to reciprocate, but also sometimes forgive. ~ onf
