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Do you consider fires forcing people to evacuate their houses casual conversation?
There is [email protected] for that
What do you think it means when a group fails to have any substance in conversation, cannot deal with current subjects, or reacts negatively at basic complexity presented as a casual discussion in an attempt to create discourse with diverse opinions?
Those are three accusatory, loaded, and unfounded questions and pretty fuckin rude
It is a response in the exact same tone I read, and this is exactly how In felt as well. I'm glad that point was clearly made. I did not start that.
I mean he's right- nothing about your tone or conversation anywhere here is casual and light. Like what the community is for
Locking the topic as it doesn't fit the second rule, as well as based on the negative score.
Feel free to ask this question again on [email protected] or other non-casual communities, there are plenty of them on Lemmy. Feel free to DM me on Matrix if you want to discuss this decision.