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Basically: http://qcjeph.livejournal.com/110229.html http://qcjeph.livejournal.com/110229.html Best I can figure, people just saying "This" mean "I agree with

by seiji 17y ago

Basically: http://qcjeph.livejournal.com/110229.html http://qcjeph.livejournal.com/110229.html Best I can figure, people just saying "This" mean "I agree with your above point, and I would like to see it expressed more often. Let me lend my support to you in spreading your ideas."

roc 17y ago
"I find your ideas intriguing and would like to subscribe to your newsletter". Honestly it doesn't bother me. It's just a modernization of the "hear, hear" sentiment.
iron_ball 17y ago
Yeah. Extreme contraction of "I agree with this." It's just a new idiom.