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whataboutist··on What I Worked On
Many people underestimate the worth of two educated parents looking out for you. I love my parents, but I can only rely on them for emotional support. Somehow I ended up being far more academically gifted than both of them and it made me end up in a very alien environment. I'm starting to become content with mediocrity since I've already climbed a significant rung in the social ladder in my eyes. I think that an understanding parent or close one can really support you in getting out of such a comfort zone. On the other hand, someone who has grown up without any support whatsoever might have build up enough autonomy to get out of such a spot without help.
whataboutist··on New York Times word usage frequency, 1970-2018
I’m just using the language of the libertarian techbro tweeter.

No you're not. Bad bait.

whataboutist··on New York Times word usage frequency, 1970-2018
The (((WOKE REPORTERS))) are writing stories about how the vast majority of decent and rational human beings actually care about female empowerment now.

First off, nice antisemitism strawman. Yikes.

If you really believe that the vast majority of people believe the same thing you are severely affected by your filter bubble. Your given example might fit your narrative but look at the US elections as an extreme example of polarization.

This is assuming that you include a subset of those who do not share your views in your definition of rational and decent. If that's not the case I don't see any point in further arguing.

whataboutist··on Six arrested after 'Dutch torture chambers' found
>And a torture chamber in the port because the "encrypted chat" everyone was using was not encrypted anymore?

The containers were located in a rural area. Read the article.

whataboutist··on Solving Every Sudoku Puzzle (2006)
Theoretically a board with multiple solutions isn't a sudoku.
whataboutist··on GitHub confirms it has blocked developers in Iran, Syria and Crimea
Fair, besides the fact that they took 8 years and did not admit legal liability or formally apologize to Iran. However, this is not true for every crime that the US has committed. OP could've explained why those crimes might not be relevant to the discussion, instead he tried to one-up them with the crimes of other regimes.

In the case of the US, or every other great power; that game can go on indefinitely.