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Originally Posted by Genteel Death 2

B. I'm aware of that guy and obviously he's a vile human being.

of course he is and i'm sure you knew

my point here was that we are dealing with words on a screen, so they can be read in different ways, and the meaning is rarely 100% clear. "words are the source of misunderstandings" said the fox to the little prince

to me reading your "harmless fun" comment as a joke implied you making a joke on purpose, not you being ignorant or stupid. i wasn't being sarcastic about your answer, i just though "this would be a funny answer" (honestly funny)

but now without the relief of a joke we're stuck with a serious discussion about human nature, the question of evil, and the social role of surveillance. which ok, if you're serious then i'm serious

eta: but if we're serious please try to limit irony and sarcasm or at least mark it clearly because it's hard to tell in writing. at least across cultures/language groups. for irony to work seamlessly it requires a lot of assumptions and agreements, a clear code of reference. and the reference will be lost in export. and with at least two possible meanings (maybe more), one ends up in a yogi berra scenario: "when you see a fork in the road, take it!"