I think Peterdjones means that Objectivists would be good people for Loup-Vaillant to hang out with, to teach him what it feels like to be subjected to obnoxious argumentation and make him realize on a gut level that it doesn’t help and causes needless unhappiness. I suspect from personal experience that it would backfire—I tend to act more like the people I hang out with, and I was a lot more obnoxious when I spent time on Pharyngula before coming here—but YMMV.
At least, that makes more sense to me than Peterdjones actually wanting Loup-Vaillant to eat Objectivists.
I interpret it as “Objectivists would be food (food is struck out to indicate a mixture of humor and hostility)-- a good opportunity to dump anger and feel like you’re winning arguments, or should be.
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I’m failing to parse your comment.
I think Peterdjones means that Objectivists would be good people for Loup-Vaillant to hang out with, to teach him what it feels like to be subjected to obnoxious argumentation and make him realize on a gut level that it doesn’t help and causes needless unhappiness. I suspect from personal experience that it would backfire—I tend to act more like the people I hang out with, and I was a lot more obnoxious when I spent time on Pharyngula before coming here—but YMMV.
At least, that makes more sense to me than Peterdjones actually wanting Loup-Vaillant to eat Objectivists.
I interpret it as “Objectivists would be food (food is struck out to indicate a mixture of humor and hostility)-- a good opportunity to dump anger and feel like you’re winning arguments, or should be.
Notice your confusion.
Is this phrase accompanied by an article? If so could someone link it to me please?
edit: I managed to find “I notice that I am confused”. I don’t know how to delete comments.
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You can also edit your comment down to nothing.