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Valve's taken down Portal 64, a passion project to demake Portal for the Nintendo 64 (nitter.net)

submitted 10 months ago by ram@bookwormstory.social to c/gaming

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[–] ram@bookwormstory.social 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

to me, this is clearly an example of incorrectly getting mad about something and then shifting the goalposts to not have to take the L.

Or it's hyperbole.

[–] alyaza 24 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

you run into the same issue: being hyperbolic here doesn't really work if literally the same week of your hyperbole, something directly countering the hyperbolic point you're making happens. hyperbole isn't non-falsifiable or unimpeachable just because it's hyperbole and intended to be humorous--you can still be hyperbolically wrong, and in this case you are.

[–] ram@bookwormstory.social 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yes, hyperbole is non-falsefiable. It's a rhetorical device, not a claim unto itself. In this instance it's a rhetorical device being used to communicate the idea that, were this Nintendo, they'd be receiving rightful backlash, but people, like you, online will give a pass due to the sheer fact that it's Valve doing the takedown.

[–] alyaza 15 points 10 months ago

were this Nintendo, they’d be receiving rightful backlash, but people, like you, online will give a pass due to the sheer fact that it’s Valve doing the takedown.

well... now you're indicating that this kind of isn't hyperbole from you, because you're just straight arguing the underlying (and still incorrect) "hyperbolic" point now, lol

Yes, hyperbole is non-falsefiable. It’s a rhetorical device, not a claim unto itself.

i mean i think this is just obviously ridiculous. if someone said "every person who dislikes Valve is a pedophile who hurts children" or whatever hyperbolically i think it'd be silly to say that's non-falsifiable just because it's hyperbolic. there's still an underlying and incorrect claim being made