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[–] Tuuktuuk@sopuli.xyz 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

So, basically we know it's a falsehood because it's plausible. Saying something plausible is precisely what a liar would do!

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip -1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

That is not even remotely what I said and you know it

[–] Tuuktuuk@sopuli.xyz 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

No, I don't.

Please elaborate.

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

Despite your stance/tone I’ll answer this in good faith and assume you’re genuinely asking even if I think you’re not.

The best lies/misinformation attempts are couched in 1) truths and/or 2) plausible things that can’t be dismissed as impossible.

It is plausible [insert any JFK assassination conspiracy]. Should they all be equally weighted? Is each equally plausible? No, yet dozens persist because they’re at all plausible. I say this as someone who says the least plausible scenario was lone gunman who was killed by some rando. I think it was a conspiracy. But it doesn’t mean I treat each conspiracy theory as equally plausible. Unfortunately it’s hard to 100% disprove basically anything, so even the worst ideas remain sticky if people want them to be true.

[–] Tuuktuuk@sopuli.xyz 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Thanks ❤️

In any case, all this is very little proof that the story is a falsehood. Obviously, by default everything you read online falls to the category "this may have happened", but that's all we really have.

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip -1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

The burden of proof squarely lies with OP. You didn’t ask me to prove it’s false. You asked me to explain my previous comment.

[–] Tuuktuuk@sopuli.xyz 0 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Yup, because the burden of proof is on the one who made the claim. But that only allows us to say the text is not necessarily true.

When you say the op is lying, that's a new claim, where the burden of proof is on you.

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 0 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Actually the burden of proof not necessarily always on the one who made the claim. But it is on the person who has the less credible claim.

I don’t need to prove it’s false. I just need to demonstrate that, taken at face value, the more prudent thing to do is assume this post is at least partially made up. And given the details of it, the most likely scenario is that the story is not 100% true.

[–] Tuuktuuk@sopuli.xyz 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

...although, because selling a house ASAP if you have a loan with large payments for it, is the only logical course of action if long-term unemployment is assumed, nothing to that extent has been demonstrated.

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 0 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I have addressed this point several times across several comments. Surely you’ve seen it.

[–] Tuuktuuk@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Repetition does not make an unsound argument sound.

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

ok…so why do I need to repeat myself…? You’re literally advocating against the thing you’re asking me to do.

Let’s also cut the bullshit and not pretend like you already knew that. You came up with this as a clever quip after you realized I’ve already talked about it. Can we please stop it with the childish games? Make your point or fuck off.

[–] Tuuktuuk@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Uh, then I am sorry for the misunderstanding.

I have been trying to convince you that you should find some argument that actually holds water, or stop playing that your argument is sound.

In any case, you asked me to make my point, so here goes: Nothing in the post gives you enough data to claim that it's a lie. You can say that the claim sounds implausible to you, but you cannot outright tell that it's a falsehood, unless there is a reason to think so. And you say the reason to think so is that someone was doing the only logical thing, and you say – for whatever reason – that it's extremely rare to do the most logical thing in such a situation.

It's funny how you keep dodging everything I say :)

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

I made an argument you’re just too dug in to accept anything other than a filmed interview with the MAGAt in question.

I’ve dodged nothing. I’ve clearly explained my reasoning in multiple comment threads. You just don’t like it. That’s fine but let’s not pretend I’ve dodged just because you can’t fathom someone disagrees with you.