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kleinbl00  ·  3803 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Would you like to know your personal moderation stats?

Do you see how much you're projecting? You have this image of me (including a name) that includes my need to feel "powerful" by having a conversation on an online forum. You call my efforts "extraordinary" but if you were paying attention, you'll see that the previous reply came ten minutes after yours - so I couldn't have spent more than ten minutes on it.

Is spending ten minutes on a conversation really that extraordinary? And how on earth would it make me feel powerful?

You see the problem? You're not talking to me, you're talking to a straw man of me, one which you've already ascribed emotions, motivations, strengths, weaknesses, and all the rest. If I don't match your straw man, there's cognitive dissonance, which is always uncomfortable, and always resolves against my interests. So people get mad.

Check the time. How long did that take? And how "powerful" do you think it made me feel?