• karlthemailman@sh.itjust.works
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      10 months ago

      Rude tone apart, this is absolutely true. Nobody thinks satellite Internet is meant to compete with fiber to the door.

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                10 months ago

                If it is a fact, feel free to release an intelligent assessment based on more than a single data point. I’m guessing you’ve said things other people thought were stupid on occasion.

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                  10 months ago

                  Ah, a fellow intellectual, I see.

                  My position is perfectly straightforward: by asserting their belief that their own behaviour of calling people “dumb” with no elaboration was acceptable, that user gave us all implicit permission to speak to them that way without any objection from them, lest they betray a hypocritical stance.

                  I responded by doing just that as a parody to demonstrate that it clearly is rude behaviour. I subjected them to the discomfort of having such rhetoric leveraged against them, a situation they clearly neglected to consider in their hasty self-serving defence. If I had elaborated any further, it would have defeated the purpose of the parody.

                  But in your case, I decided upon an overly verbose self-serious tone, also as a form of parody. Is that assessment sufficiently intelligent for you?

    • redcalcium@lemmy.institute
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      10 months ago

      You know, you can make your perfectly valid argument without the insult. No need to add more toxicity to Lemmy and fediverse at large.

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        10 months ago

        It is dumb though. Like c’mon. There’s being a toxic dick and there’s calling out a dumb statement.

        I think the two can coexist. But fuck it.

    • Neuromancer@lemm.ee
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      10 months ago

      I was in a similar spot. No fiber but I could get dsl.

      The reason I wanted it is I have two houses in Oregon and I could take it with me.

      It’s too expensive for that.

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          10 months ago

          Move Starlink around? You can. The roam plan costs more and has the lowest priority in traffic, but it does work. We’ve been using it for internet access in our RV all over the US this summer as we work from the road.