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The whole internet loves Kagi, a lovely paid search engine that can find things! 5 seconds later We regret to inform you the CEO is an unhinged narcissist who will harangue you in email (hackers.town)

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[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 40 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

JAQing

https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Just_asking_questions first hit (on google ;) ) which has a good explanation.

E: And I don't meant this post as a 'just fucking google it' or 'educate yourself' (well a little bit) but more to show there is more to this accusation of JAQing than just some way to shut you down. The method is used by bad faith actors a lot, so it is a pattern of behavior a lot of people react negatively too. So, assuming you are acting in good faith, it is a good way to learn why people are reacting to you like you are a bit of an bad faith actor. And if you are a bad faith actor, I only wasted a little bit of my time typing this out so nothing really lost.

[–] mjhelto@lemm.ee 13 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I call that doing a "Tucker Carlson."

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 13 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I had a weird brainfart a while back when I realized that Carlson reminds me of this guy.

The bad faith 'bugs that think are offensive' debate guy from starship troopers. He even wears a bow tie!

[–] melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 6 points 8 months ago

He does jaq off pretty constantly.