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"resistance-to-change for-no-reason" vs "resistance-to change-for-no-reason" :)
by knome 7y ago
"resistance-to-change for-no-reason" vs "resistance-to change-for-no-reason" :)
- mr_crankypants 7y agoBoth of which, it's worth noting, are painfully obvious and uncharitable strawmen.
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- DangitBobby 7y agoThis is possibly the best example of the ambiguity of language I've ever seen. Two contradictory meanings expressed in the exact same phrase, and both of them are valid in the broader context.
- ByThyGrace 7y agoJeez. What number of people who read the same phrase with either of those two meanings then continue to form opinions and even make decisions based on the resulting meaning?