@ghost-of-a-duke saidYour hypothesis illustrates that you see them more darkly than I do and you appear to endorse them. I don't care about them in the way you do. To me they are silly and infantile. I don't use them.
You asked a question about why thumbs were given and I provided a viable hypothesis.
01 Feb 23
@ghost-of-a-duke saidYes, but this is my usage...
"For the most part, flak remains the spelling used for the gunfire, with flack as an occasional variant that turns up slightly more frequently when referring to criticism. For the publicist/publicity senses, while flack was for a long time the preferred spelling, flak has turned up increasingly over the past decade."
Merriam-Websterhttps://www.merriam-webster.com
Flak = strong criticism
Flack = publicity
01 Feb 23
@ghost-of-a-duke saidThere's nothing amiss with my use of the word "flak".
You rely too heavily on your own usage and understanding. It hasn't served you well today.
01 Feb 23
@ghost-of-a-duke saidNot at all. It is you who thinks red thumbs mean things like "If you lie down with dogs, you get fleas" while I just think they're silly. I think it is you who "cares too much" about thumbs, and not me.
"The lady doth protest too much, methinks."
Hamlet
@ghost-of-a-duke saidAesop next is it?
"The lady doth protest too much, methinks."
Hamlet
01 Feb 23
@ghost-of-a-duke saidThen why don’t you scroll on by?
Why are you always talking about them? It's tedious.
01 Feb 23
@ghost-of-a-duke saidWhy are you talking to me about them and projecting meanings on to them?
Why are you always talking about them? It's tedious.
01 Feb 23
The two crabs
One fine day two Crabs came out from their home to take a stroll on the sand. "Child," said the mother, "you are walking very ungracefully. You should accustom yourself, to walking straight forward without twisting from side to side."
"Pray, mother," said the young one, "do but set the example yourself, and I will follow you."
Example is the best precept.
Aesop's Fables
01 Feb 23
@ghost-of-a-duke saidIf it's tedious why did you answer? It is you who asked me why I talk about thumbs. I simply bounced the question back at you. I think they're silly and infantile. You seem to attach more malevolence to them.
Errrr, because you asked.
Recap:
FMF "Blah blah blah why are they getting thumbs?"
Ghost offers a hypothesis.
FMF "Why are you talking about thumbs?"