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We should have a number of discursive rules like this. So the below is number 1. https://twitter.com/SuneAuken/status/1391118674380136448">https://twitter.com/SuneAuken...
Discursive rule nr. 2:
Nobody who calls themselves a "free speech advocate/warrior" is willing to accept free speech levelled at themselves.
Nobody who calls themselves a "free speech advocate/warrior" is willing to accept free speech levelled at themselves.
Discursive rule nr. 3:
Everyone who says "oh, you have no idea" presuppose that yes, indeed, the addressee has quite a bit of an idea.
Everyone who says "oh, you have no idea" presuppose that yes, indeed, the addressee has quite a bit of an idea.
New rules as you suggest them or I discover them.
Rule number 4:
A person who tells you to "do your research" has no frickin& #39; clue what research is.
variation on a suggestion by @macfilipe .
A person who tells you to "do your research" has no frickin& #39; clue what research is.
variation on a suggestion by @macfilipe .
Rule number 5:
The statement "with all due respect" is universally followed by a statement lacking even the faintest trace of respect.
Variation on a suggestion by @Ardownie.
The statement "with all due respect" is universally followed by a statement lacking even the faintest trace of respect.
Variation on a suggestion by @Ardownie.
Rule number 6:
Anything following the statement "I& #39;m not one to gossip, but" will be gossip.
Rule suggested by @Brand_92.
Anything following the statement "I& #39;m not one to gossip, but" will be gossip.
Rule suggested by @Brand_92.
Rule number 7
The statement "no editorial required" invariably serves as the introduction to a sermon.
An uptake on a fine suggestion by @AnniHawk
The statement "no editorial required" invariably serves as the introduction to a sermon.
An uptake on a fine suggestion by @AnniHawk
Rule number 8:
The self-descriptor" "I& #39;m brutally honest" is only honest about the brutality not the honesty.
Suggested by @SoupTomatoSoup
The self-descriptor" "I& #39;m brutally honest" is only honest about the brutality not the honesty.
Suggested by @SoupTomatoSoup
Addendum to the above rule. Honesty never requires brutality, but only diplomacy and integrity.
Rule number 9:
In a research paper any use or or variation of the statement "the traditional notion of the topic is ..." will be followed by a strawman so big that a dumb little piggie has already built a house out of it.
In a research paper any use or or variation of the statement "the traditional notion of the topic is ..." will be followed by a strawman so big that a dumb little piggie has already built a house out of it.
Rule number 10:
Anything that is & #39;Presented without comment& #39;, is in fact, a comment.
Verbatim brilliance from twitter grandee @ASElliotKing
Anything that is & #39;Presented without comment& #39;, is in fact, a comment.
Verbatim brilliance from twitter grandee @ASElliotKing
Rule number 11:
"Duely noted" while sounding polite can be levelled as a SFW way of saying "fuck you".
"Duely noted" while sounding polite can be levelled as a SFW way of saying "fuck you".
Rule number 12:
Anyone saying "it goes without saying" will immediately say it demonstrating in the process that it doesn& #39;t go without saying.
A variation of a fine suggestion by @DarrenCaudle.
Anyone saying "it goes without saying" will immediately say it demonstrating in the process that it doesn& #39;t go without saying.
A variation of a fine suggestion by @DarrenCaudle.
Rule number 13:
Whatever follows the statement "basically ..." will complicate matters to the point of exasperation.
Suggested by @AmosDuveen
Whatever follows the statement "basically ..." will complicate matters to the point of exasperation.
Suggested by @AmosDuveen
Rule number 14:
"Any construction containing the words "let me be clear" will be an obfuscation."
@AmosDuveen is on a roll.
"Any construction containing the words "let me be clear" will be an obfuscation."
@AmosDuveen is on a roll.
Rule number 15:
If the words "I& #39;m sorry" are followed by any other word than "that", the person is annoyed, not sorry.
I had forgotten that one. Thank you to @morageyrie for reminding me.
If the words "I& #39;m sorry" are followed by any other word than "that", the person is annoyed, not sorry.
I had forgotten that one. Thank you to @morageyrie for reminding me.
