@dats
wrt not pushing std more: this is nai and you're not going to like it but the honest answer is that i was busy/stressed irl and lazy here and half-efforting. i probably should have done more, but didn't. that's on me but it is what it is. i don't think i was doing a ton more than i did last week tbh as either alignment. i kept kinda announcing my read there to gauge what the receptiveness was towards it and to see if it was viable. it didn't look like it was for a lot of the day, so i started seeing what else i could vote for. you were also p clear that you were anti-std for a large portion fo the day, and i didn't think it would be that likely that i'd be able to convince you, esp. after you didn't respond to
527, and i did also try to address the main issues i saw with fire's case on him in
589. i thought i had written more of a towncase, but i don't see one. he was one of my strongest townreads, i probably should have done more, but didn't think it was super viable and was lazy.
wrt nk15: by him getting in the coalition you're basically committing to bussing and i'm not convinced that's better for you, no. i think that the 'i wouldn't tear down scumreads on him as his partner!!' only holds in that universe, and i'm not convinced that's the approach you'd have taken. wrt
1199, i do see your point, so fair enuf
also: what is the point of this line of questioning? you think ari is town. you don't think the coalition failed through that. if you're arguing this is scummy of me: what is my scum motivation for this / what does scum-me get out of this given that you think ari is town anyways? the outcome per your worldview is not what led to the failed coalition anyways ?
In post 1370, Aristeia wrote:i was fine with voting for you/std/irrel/mena/me
when i offer to be your fifth, the implication is that i would vote for it
ok fair enuf, but that's not how i understood it at the time, so i didn't take you up on it.