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@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)."
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)."
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@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"