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[–] GSV_Sleeper_Service@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Calling someone a fascist for that is obviously a bit OTT but you've ignored the "do weird shit" part of the response so it wasn't literally what you said. Taking the full response into account you can easily interpret it as "I don't bother with mental maths but use a calculator instead, anyone who isn't like me is weird as shit"

That is a bit thought police-y

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I didn't ignore it, I just interpret it differently as in, "I don't need to do this unusual stuff everyone does without a calculator". Calling something weird doesn't necessarily mean it's off-color or that it's a trait the other person has. In my use case, weird just means unexpected or counterintuitive, and maybe complex enough that I can't bother with describing it properly. I know because I use it that way too. Weird doesn't have to mean a third eye on your face every time. I mean, doing the weird math thing is taught in school as a strategy.

I do want to mention that it's not the first time I see a visceral reaction to a passing comment. I usually see this from marginalized groups, and I can assure you, both Kolanki and I are part of those too. And knowing his long comment history, I sincerely doubt he meant anyone is weird as shit.

And even if it's a bit thought-policey, how does that warrant calling someone a fascist and going off on them like that? That's also a bit weird (as in odd).

[–] ClamDrinker@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Except as you demonstrated, it requires quite a few leaps of interpretation, assuming the worst interpretations of OP's statement, which is why it's silly. OP clearly limited their statement to themselves and AI.

Now if OP said, "everyone should use a calculator or die", maybe then it would have been a valid response.