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    [–] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

    First of all:

    Just use this other thing instead” has never been a good faith solution

    Bullshit. That is very often an excellent solution!

    Second, the thing this post was made in response to is as follows, and I quote:

    Sometimes people just want to be able to complain about Windows or iOS without being told about Linux.

    ...

    If the obvious reply to the post is "use Linux," as a rule, do not post that. You are not adding anything.

    I counter with this: if you [speaking generally, the same way the the original post was -- not referring to @prettybunnys specifically] know the obvious reply you're gonna get is "use Linux" and you don't want to hear it, don't fucking post your complaint in the first place because you [again, speaking generally] aren't adding anything! You [still speaking generally] are not entitled to complain and then tone-police the responses you solicited! Who the fuck do you [even more speaking generally] think you are, to believe that you have the right to bother us publicly with your problems [continuing to speak generally, and that part makes it obvious because "your problems" refers to Windows problems and @prettybunnys apparently has a Tux tattoo] but we don't have the right to 'bother' you with the solutions to them in response?! How is that behavior anything other than incredibly toxic and condescending?

    [–] rtxn@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

    You must think you're clever. Take a few days to think about what separates you (specifically) from the toxic "PC Master Race" evangelists, and maybe fornicate some greenery.