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Simplikation
Personal blog · simplikation.comgamesculture
Simplikation is a personal blog at simplikation.com about games and culture. Since 2015, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. The last post was in 2019, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link this blog's post on sealioning, the term for pestering someone with endless questions in bad faith, as a reference point in debates about honest questioning and argument.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Heaps of words on games, culture, and media in general
Most-linked posts?
- /why-sealioning-is-bad/3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2015-06-24
What Hacker News says?
Here's the thing: honest enquiry is something that should be encouraged. Sea-lioning[1], JAQing off[2] and Gish gallops[3] should not. When you are buried to your eyeballs in bullshit, it's hard to see who is really someone willing learn, and who is just shoveling on more. [1] - http://simplikation.com/why-sealioning-is-bad/ [2] - http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Just_asking_questions [3] - http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/…
Comment linking /why-sealioning-is-bad/
on “What's Really Warming the World?”I was not familiar with the term "sealioning" until I looked it up[1]. Frankly it sounds like an name you call your opponent when your not-so-well-thought-out ideas can't withstand debate or criticism. A: I think the moon is made of cheese. B: Why do you think that? Do you know of any evidence? A: Sea-lioning! I will not debate you!! 1: http://simplikation.com/why-sealioning-is-bad/
Comment linking /why-sealioning-is-bad/
on “The New Intolerance of Student Activism”http://simplikation.com/why-sealioning-is-bad/
Comment linking /why-sealioning-is-bad/
on “Microsoft Store doesn't accept Bitcoin anymore”