So I never really got this one. It seems like she is a polarizing figure here, but why is that? Also, what's the joke behind the "amber" bot?

  • hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    If that's the interpretation, what's there to be upset about?

    The obliviously hyperbolic bit (blow smoke in a kid's face) is a joke, and whatever your impression of the serious part is (probably something like "no one likes a Puritanical anti-intoxicant scold") isn't so far out in left field that anyone should have a real issue with it.

    • a_blanqui_slate [none/use name, any]
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      4 years ago

      I thought it was pretty clear she was gainsaying secondhand smoke concerns, and while she's being hyperbolic about intentionally exposing babies, she also thinks she should be able to smoke where-ever she likes regardless of what anyone of the scolds think.

      That's might not be unambiguously the case, but it does fit with her aloof misanthrope aesthetic.

      • hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]
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        4 years ago

        she also thinks she should be able to smoke where-ever she likes regardless of what anyone of the scolds think

        This seems like reading the worst possible intentions into a statement that we both agree was not meant to be 100% serious.

        • a_blanqui_slate [none/use name, any]
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          4 years ago

          I'm not doing exegesis here, I don't even remember exactly what was said and I'm not going to do the legwork to dig up the quote verbatim. I'm just reporting what I took away from the exchange as a possible explanation to the OP's question.

          My friends also tell me they don't know when I'm being serious about things or not as well because I also have a lot of fun with post-irony and meta-irony, but I also keep it relatively anodyne, as opposed to her aloof misanthropy.