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• uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Simply telling me you are not a bot is a pretty low bar.

  And it doesn’t prove your humanity, but at least shows you’re not the kind of bot that’s unable to lie about it.

  You don’t owe me anything. But I am going to think your loyalty to the Chinese state is misplaced, and I’m going to continue to presume, if you aren’t merely programmed to dispense Chinese propaganda that doing so is a revenue source.

  But it is my prerogative to suspect it of you. I’m sure you have presumptions about me that are unsavory.

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  • NonconfrontationaI@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    With all due respect, why would I give a shit what you think?

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    • uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      That’s the neat part! You don’t!

      But you raised a concern early in the conversation that I was dehumanizing you by implying you might be a bot. (I didn’t call you a bot. I expressed surprise ofthe possibility that Chinese propaganda bots might be on Lemmy.)

      I asked directly and you haven’t yet affirmed or denied whether you are one. Which would be simple to do if you were human.

      Nor have you disengaged or blocked me, which would have made the point moot.

      So you don’t have to care about what I think, but if you’re still here, then maybe you are choosing to care about what I think. Or you’re programmed to continue to engage.

      I’ve been confused for a bot multiple times in my internet career, so this conversation is now a curiosity to me.

      But yes, feel free to discontinue at any time. I won’t be offended.

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