JohnnyCanuck

Yes

Hmm, is upvoting this a vote for river dumping?

(I for one would miss all the interesting things you post.)

Except I am giving facts?

I'm not saying you're not giving any facts. I'm saying you're also loading you're arguments with emotion and insults. That's the problem. You're upset that they are loading their arguments with insults, but you're doing the same.

You're being very selective with which parts of other people's comments you're responding to and taking offense to.

For example, you're upset that the person who said that the NDP was in control etc. etc. was getting up voted, but that specific comment is (currently) in the the negative. But you're still fixated on it. Their other comment which was upvoted was about the tariffs and I guess something that you're taking as an insult about your intelligence. I didn't read it that way originally, but I can see how you might interpret it that way. It's hard to say if people are up voting the tariff part or the insult. In any case, you're very fixated on that and blaming a hell of a lot of other people for it making you feel that way.

And I'll point out that there was another person you were arguing with who made a whole bunch of points, offered what they considered a solution, and finished with a dumb insult. You ignored everything but the insult and said they weren't offering any arguments or solutions. (this one sorry not sure how to link comments properly.)

Alright, so because of what you just said, I went back to look at the thread you posted again... and, I tried to read through your responses and what was said to you... and tbh, I wouldn't really have your back.

I don't see where anyone is specifically "calling you stupid because you're Albertan." I might have missed it though, I found it to be a really annoying read from both sides and mostly skimmed it. That said, you seem to be taking people talking shit about the "majority of Albertans" and "conservative Albertans outside Calgary and Edmonton" as a direct insult. You seem to be trying to distance yourself from that current majority, so I'm not sure why you're taking it as an insult. They're insulting the people from which you're trying to distance yourself (I think, correct me if I'm wrong) so why are you insulted by it?

Also, you're responding emotionally and then claiming you're just giving facts, and then you're completely discounting what everyone else says as insults, even when there's actual substantive arguments (but unfortunately also insults) just because they're wrong/you disagree. That's not how debate works. Just because they're wrong/you disagree, you can't just discount what they've said completely. Then you're responding to insults and blanket statements with insults and blanket statements. I'm sorry, but you're just not going to get a lot of sympathy by doing that.

Saying that (quoted loosely) "the rest of the country just shuts its brain off and says Albertans are stupid Conservatives" is not any better than the people you're arguing with saying Albertans are pussies or that it's a joke province.

You're coming in angry, responding with clear emotion, and antagonizing people by insulting everyone in the country, then getting upset when you get downvoted. I'm not sure you're going about this argument in the best manner possible.

Using google is now like using ChatGPT, FYI.

I hope the people around him never let him live a minute without being reminded about what a weak little boy he is for whining about taking a soft, succulent sub to the shoulder.

I think when most people say "Albertans" or "people from Alberta" (etc.) they mean "the democratic majority of people from Alberta", or "the stereotype of the right-wing Albertan". It's easier than saying "the majority of Albertans... " or "the stereotypical truck-nutting coal-rolling Albertan..."

I'm not saying it's right, but people do it all the time. Let me rephrase: many people have done it and it often happens. Even you said "people here have a hate bone for Albertans" because some percentage of people upvoted a post saying Albertans are pussies and a further (smaller) percentage downvoted your response.

I guess my advice would be to accept that they're "on your side" and not attacking you personally. But I know that's not easy. I have my own things I am (or was) a part of that get "hated" as a whole, so I know what it feels like to read those comments. (aka, not all programmers use AI to write their code, and even for ones that do, they don't necessarily want to.) And I can't say I've ever gotten past it - sometimes it's easier than others. But, I hope what I'm saying might help you.

Also, in general on upvote/downvote forums, I find it very easy to get a few downvotes for saying anything. Responding to explain why they're wrong to say that and that you're "one of the good ones" will always, always, get a bunch of downvotes. It doesn't matter what you're talking about.

I know, but that's not what I remember, so I'm asking if other people remember it differently as well.

I'm glad I'm not the only one. Probably too early to say it's a Mandela effect, but that thought crossed my mind as well.

Sounds like an average day trying to run something on Linux.

Name a worse ambassador than this fucknut. I'd really like to read about whoever it is.

Did you have "Back Hole Sun"?