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Robert Durst - American real estate heir who nearly got away with murder until his gleeful participation in an HBO documentary finally did him in (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago (1 children)

According to the Wikipedia, the audio in the documentary was actually edited, shuffled, and played out of sequence. Not that there's any doubt about his guilt of course.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I’m sure it was but I don’t know that you could make an argument against the ambiguity of “well, they got you. You’re caught.” And “what did I do? Killed them all, of course.” Those two things could come anywhere in between the rest and still be damning.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Which is why I explicitly stated there's no ambiguity. I'm just saying it wasn't actually as dramatic as the docu might have made it seem.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I know. I was agreeing with you.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This is the difference between Reddit and Lemmy: any comment thread on Reddit ultimately has to end with 10 layers of argument but Lemmy comments are 2-3 moderately terse statements before polite agreement.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I’m saying this in complete seriousness. I disagree so hard. This is the first interaction where I’ve questioned someone or agreed and they didn’t come back with insults or more arguments. Reddit is just as bad now but Lemmy is definitely no better.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Huh, I guess it just shows how different experiences can really shape perspective

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Shuffle off to Buffalo you Nincompoop! /s

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I’m not even sure how to respond to this. Is this an insult?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

It was intended as a joke insult, to confirm the point you were making - that nothing you say in disagreement would be dropped, but everything would be continued with arguments and insults.

I guess I should have used a /s

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I figured that was the case but was legitimately unsure if someone would sue the word “nincompoop” seriously. lol