• TropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldOP
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    5 months ago

    Do you know what sea lioning is?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealioning

    Its a fundamental form of trolling that OP is engaging in, and that apparently, you think I should engage with.

    Think about it as a metaphor. I come to you with the information that your house is on fire. OP is basically making a rhetorical argument that if I can’t provide them with a house they’ll find suitable, we shouldnt leave the burning house we’re currently in.

    The information about the state of the house (candidate in our case) is independent from there being another house that isn’t on fire.

    You should never, ever engage with people like them. They are not having this discussion in good faith. If its important to them they should suggest a candidate. There are plenty to suggest. But that is a fundamentally separate discussion.