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[–] 14th_cylon@lemm.ee 9 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

who says you have to live in complete isolation to stop participating?

dictionary and common sense.

you have an internet connection. you are paying for it, or someone else on your behalf. you are eating food and probably paying for it too. you have not quit a society.

[–] Guns0rWeD13@lemmy.world -4 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

ok. i quit being a slave. how's that?

[–] 14th_cylon@lemm.ee 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

as pretentious and exaggerated statement as the first one, or so i suspect. while there are unfortunately still slaves in this world, taking your first statement into account, i doubt you are a person who fled from literal slavery.

society is all around you and literally the only way to quit it is to move somewhere where it is not present. which is a deserted island, or few selected areas in central australia, central africa, maybe some northern canada...

but maybe i have it wrong, in that case please enlighten me and explain your secret. how have you exited the society while simultaneously having this discussion on the internet?

[–] Guns0rWeD13@lemmy.world 1 points 59 minutes ago

settle down poindexter

[–] Senal@programming.dev 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Lacks specificity, but the general sentiment is understood

[–] Guns0rWeD13@lemmy.world -2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

it was understood in my first comment. you just wanted to put on your poindexter pants.

[–] Senal@programming.dev 3 points 3 hours ago

i wasn't the person who replied to your first post.

The sentiment might have been somewhat clear, but the language indicated a misunderstanding of how much reliance there is upon society, which is what was called out (again, not by me).

You asked a question, i answered with my opinion also i look fabulous in my pointdexter pants, i even have the matching pocket protector.