@Sherri_Ingrey @benjo @iangclifton @admin @caekislove @rapebot @scottdhansen @staff @ruud @solarbranka @scottdhansen @arm_barbarian @EmmaFaber @VioletFirePhoenix still iconic that the comic strip that coined the word is an example of people being needlessly aggressive towards someone for no reason at all

@lain @benjo @iangclifton @admin @caekislove @rapebot @scottdhansen @staff @ruud @solarbranka @scottdhansen @arm_barbarian @EmmaFaber @VioletFirePhoenix It existed as JAQ-ing off (a logical fallacy) Just Asking Questions and it wasn't coined by Wondermark just illustrated by him

Massanari, Adrienne L. (2016). "'Damseling for Dollars': Toxic Technocultures and Geek Masculinity". In Lind, Rebecca Ann (ed.). Race and Gender in Electronic Media: Content, Context, Culture. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-26612-9. OCLC 948090024. "For supporters [of Gamergate], however, the hashtag became an effective way to swarm the mentions of users perceived as not sharing their views, which became known colloquially as 'sea lioning' (Malki, 2014)."

@Sherri_Ingrey @benjo @iangclifton @admin @caekislove @rapebot @scottdhansen @staff @ruud @solarbranka @scottdhansen @arm_barbarian @EmmaFaber @VioletFirePhoenix it's called sealioning and it was coined by this exact comic, and it means "trying to invoke 'just asking questions' even though the questions are completely reasonably, as a means to shut people up"

@lain @benjo @iangclifton @admin @caekislove @rapebot @scottdhansen @staff @ruud @solarbranka @scottdhansen @arm_barbarian @EmmaFaber @Sherri_Ingrey @VioletFirePhoenix my favorite part of the strip is that you're supposed to empathize with the racists.

@pettanko @benjo @iangclifton @admin @caekislove @rapebot @scottdhansen @staff @ruud @solarbranka @scottdhansen @arm_barbarian @EmmaFaber @Sherri_Ingrey @VioletFirePhoenix that's the message!