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> This is a very stupid proposition Surely there's a more respectful way to criticize the idea.
by DoofusOfDeath 6y ago
> This is a very stupid proposition
Surely there's a more respectful way to criticize the idea.
- StavrosK 6y ago"Somewhat stupid"? I don't know, he didn't call the person who had the idea stupid, he called the idea itself stupid. Sure, it's harsh, but so what? The idea isn't going to get offended.
- minitoar 6y agoThis a stupidly phrased comment. I just called your comment stupid, not you. See how that was rude?
- Arnavion 6y ago>I just called your comment stupid, not you. To add fuel to the off-topic grammar pedantry fire: "Stupidly phrased" applies "stupid" to the phraser, not the phrasee. So no, you did in fact call them stupid, not their comment.
- minitoar 6y agoSetting aside that I was making an absurd argument to prove a point: Hey I’m just saying the phrasing is stupid! It’s an abstract thing completely separate from the person who did the phrasing /s
- munificent 6y ago> So no, you did in fact call them stupid, not their comment. I mean, fine, if we're going to be grammar nerds, let's do it. "Stupidly" is an adverb. It applies to the act of phrasing not the subject doing that verb. At the moment that the person was doing the phrasing, they were doing something in a stupid manner, but that doesn't necessarily imply that they are themselves generally stupid. For example, I can "randomly choose a card from a deck." That doesn't imply that I'm a particularly random person.
- TruthWillHurt 6y agoI leave the super-polite public face, headline recycling attitude for LinkedIn.