You don’t ask questions to determine for certain whether I’m a bot
Not always, no. Admittedly determining "for certain" wether you (or any online entity) are a bot or not is certainly becoming harder with each passing year.
A human being can easily appear to be a bot by exhibiting enough of their common traits/patterns - for one example of many.
showing you’re not really interested in having discussions in good faith.
Cry me a river. I've been extremely accommodating to your absolute waste of my time, and continue to be despite my better judgement and good evidence that you are willfully disearnest, and/or a bot.
in practicing what you preach
In what way am i not practicing what i've preached (i.e. what, specifically, have i preached that i am violating in practice, what is the specific violation, and how/why does it violate it)? Speaking of the many questions you ignore.... throw this one on the pile.
It makes it seem like you do not respect the conversation or me.
My patience is admittedly extreme, but even i have my limits. I respect the topics (and conversations thereabout) very much - though my respect for you has certainly waned along with your evident competence in earnestly engaging in such discussions.
then let’s be direct instead of trying to steer the topic off the trajectory.
After you! I rarely if ever stray from the topic. This aside in and of itself is yet another example that you don't share that trait.
If you want to insist that my status as a bot is still up in the air
It is, and it will remain that way. It's just the way it is in the modern technological hellscape we find ourselves in. I would be somewhat disappointed (though, that would perhaps be expected from a bot) if you never considered the possibility in reverse (i.e. that i am a bot).
Assuming you are not a bot, please try not to take any offense by it. I don't accuse a bot of being a bot to hurt their feelings! If you want to demonstrate that you are not a bot, and furthermore are both earnest and capable of rational discourse - then try and avoid those bot like tendencies (that i explicitly outline) moving forward.
You stray from the topic each and every time you decide to question whether or not I’m a bot
Not at all! The topic remains the same throughout. I understand that the comments are bothering you, but they are always to do with the topic we are speaking about.
When you repeatedly ignore (or can't comprehend/parse - due to being a bot or otherwise) the things discussed on the topic, I'm going to point that out and tell you so. You may consider such commentary "meta" to the conversation proper, but without addressing (and remedying) it the conversation is impossible/moot - so such commentary is critical and as such is, of course, very much on topic to the discussion.
Please don’t lie
I work very hard not to. Practice what you preach!
They are non sequiturs, meant to throw the conversation off topic. If you wish to continue conversation with me, then let’s fully address the bot situation now, so you no longer have to be confused in the future.
Otherwise, you’re fully demonstrating that you do not respect me, nor the conversation at hand.
You may say you work very hard not to lie or divert the topic, but you are not practicing what you preach
No. Perhaps you want them to be, but when the other person in a discussion repeatedly ignores and/or willfully misinterprets what is said - they should be called out on that and corrected. Otherwise there is no conversation, and certainly no reason to continue one. It is absolutely relevant, and furthermore - critical, to the discussion.
meant to throw the conversation off topic.
Not at all! Meant to get the conversation back on topic and making forward progress in communication - if the other party is capable of that! Even if it were red herring designed to do that, it is YOUR responsibility to discard such non-sequitur and continue to stay on the topic of conversation. You are utterly failing to do that right now. Just fyi.
If you wish to continue conversation with me
Only if you are both earnest and capable (though assuming you are not a bot, i have increased tolerance for the latter).
Otherwise, you’re fully demonstrating that you do not respect me, nor the conversation at hand.
It is because i respect the conversation at hand that i call you out on patterns/habits/actions you take within it which (ostensibly intentionally) mire and derail its (potential, at least) progress and usefulness.
Not respecting you would likewise warrant no such earnest and needed critique. A bot, and/or any other disearnest participant deserves silence - not help (they they do not seek and cannot use) in correcting their behavior to (potentially, at least) have a more fruitful conversation.
You may say you work very hard not to lie or divert the topic
I say it because it is true. You cannot quote/cite a single lie i've made in this interaction as a result - nor an instance of me diverting from the topic. Telling you you are acting like a bot/shill/troll is not a diversion from the conversation, but both central to it and necessary as i have explained in detail.
Not always, no. Admittedly determining "for certain" wether you (or any online entity) are a bot or not is certainly becoming harder with each passing year.
A human being can easily appear to be a bot by exhibiting enough of their common traits/patterns - for one example of many.
Cry me a river. I've been extremely accommodating to your absolute waste of my time, and continue to be despite my better judgement and good evidence that you are willfully disearnest, and/or a bot.
In what way am i not practicing what i've preached (i.e. what, specifically, have i preached that i am violating in practice, what is the specific violation, and how/why does it violate it)? Speaking of the many questions you ignore.... throw this one on the pile.
My patience is admittedly extreme, but even i have my limits. I respect the topics (and conversations thereabout) very much - though my respect for you has certainly waned along with your evident competence in earnestly engaging in such discussions.
After you! I rarely if ever stray from the topic. This aside in and of itself is yet another example that you don't share that trait.
It is, and it will remain that way. It's just the way it is in the modern technological hellscape we find ourselves in. I would be somewhat disappointed (though, that would perhaps be expected from a bot) if you never considered the possibility in reverse (i.e. that i am a bot).
Assuming you are not a bot, please try not to take any offense by it. I don't accuse a bot of being a bot to hurt their feelings! If you want to demonstrate that you are not a bot, and furthermore are both earnest and capable of rational discourse - then try and avoid those bot like tendencies (that i explicitly outline) moving forward.
You stray from the topic each and every time you decide to question whether or not I’m a bot. Please don’t lie
Not at all! The topic remains the same throughout. I understand that the comments are bothering you, but they are always to do with the topic we are speaking about.
When you repeatedly ignore (or can't comprehend/parse - due to being a bot or otherwise) the things discussed on the topic, I'm going to point that out and tell you so. You may consider such commentary "meta" to the conversation proper, but without addressing (and remedying) it the conversation is impossible/moot - so such commentary is critical and as such is, of course, very much on topic to the discussion.
I work very hard not to. Practice what you preach!
They are non sequiturs, meant to throw the conversation off topic. If you wish to continue conversation with me, then let’s fully address the bot situation now, so you no longer have to be confused in the future.
Otherwise, you’re fully demonstrating that you do not respect me, nor the conversation at hand.
You may say you work very hard not to lie or divert the topic, but you are not practicing what you preach
No. Perhaps you want them to be, but when the other person in a discussion repeatedly ignores and/or willfully misinterprets what is said - they should be called out on that and corrected. Otherwise there is no conversation, and certainly no reason to continue one. It is absolutely relevant, and furthermore - critical, to the discussion.
Not at all! Meant to get the conversation back on topic and making forward progress in communication - if the other party is capable of that! Even if it were red herring designed to do that, it is YOUR responsibility to discard such non-sequitur and continue to stay on the topic of conversation. You are utterly failing to do that right now. Just fyi.
Only if you are both earnest and capable (though assuming you are not a bot, i have increased tolerance for the latter).
It is because i respect the conversation at hand that i call you out on patterns/habits/actions you take within it which (ostensibly intentionally) mire and derail its (potential, at least) progress and usefulness.
Not respecting you would likewise warrant no such earnest and needed critique. A bot, and/or any other disearnest participant deserves silence - not help (they they do not seek and cannot use) in correcting their behavior to (potentially, at least) have a more fruitful conversation.
I say it because it is true. You cannot quote/cite a single lie i've made in this interaction as a result - nor an instance of me diverting from the topic. Telling you you are acting like a bot/shill/troll is not a diversion from the conversation, but both central to it and necessary as i have explained in detail.