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Just as there are various levels of LaTeX mastery, there are various levels of English literacy.

• quietbritishjim 6y ago
  Is that aimed at the grandparent commenter (mhh__) for an insufficiently clear comment, or the parent commenter (pklausler) for not reading it correctly? I found the original comment perfectly clear but evidently several others didn't, so it really could mean either. I can't help, though, pointing out the irony that your comment is ambiguous. Maybe the problem isn't literacy but just that language is hard.
  • jessaustin 6y ago
    Ordinarily one would say that one who understands {less, more} is {less, more} literate. The base case is Babel: complete mutual incomprehension, like unto that of the beasts. Any who leave this state, in no matter which direction they leave, have read and understood. So, I can't in good conscience answer your question. Language is just exactly what we make of it. Irony, on the other hand, is a single message for multiple audiences. It requires a degree of mutual incomprehension.
  • mhh__ 6y ago
    I close to giving up on trying to be clever or poetic on HN, I think the implicit no jokes or fun rule means people just switch their brains off and I end up having to explain it (This particular comment not so much, but still)