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[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago (5 children)

and if you happen to be one of the true sealions/jaq ppl who made everything online such a miserable mess you can kick rocks πŸ’žπŸ’žπŸ’ž

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (4 children)

What the hell does sealion/jaq mean?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (3 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealioning

jaq means "just asking questions", people always playing devil's advocate

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I never really understood this. What's the difference between sealioning and calling someone out for saying stupid shit? I feel like "sealioning" only exists as a term people can use to reframe a situation from "I talked shit and can't/won't back it up yet won't admit it" to "you're aggressing against me by expecting me to stand behind or explain my words". Am I just a big dunderhead?

Edit: oh ok, I RTFA lol, makes a lot more sense. I guess the original comic is just not a great example of it in my opinion, but that makes sense since it's just a silly comic

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