• Alien Nathan Edward@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    Title: Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings is Utterly Awful

    Article: Look at me. Look at me. Hey, Internet, over here. I said something controversial. Pay attention to me.

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      10 months ago

      Right. When people say “don’t feed trolls,” this is the contrarian bait they’re talking about. Not assholes and bigots.

    • DroneRights [it/its]@lemm.ee
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      10 months ago

      That’s a bit mean. Why aren’t people allowed to have genuinely held opinions anymore? Why is everyone who disagrees with you faking?

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        10 months ago

        The trick is this to have genuinely held opinions without publishing poorly written articles about it. I do that all the time, and I can warmly recommend others to try it, too!

      • Alien Nathan Edward@lemm.ee
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        10 months ago

        There are some sadly misguided individuals who think LotR movies are actually good. This post will dispel that unfortunate delusion.

        That tone of arrogant superiority is why. This is clearly rage baiting, it would have made it to the second sentence without insulting its potential audience if it wasn’t.

        • DroneRights [it/its]@lemm.ee
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          10 months ago

          Maybe the author is just really upset and feels the need to be mean about it. I don’t see the need to be mean back, condescension in an article never hurt anyone.