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If you've got something to say, be an adult and say it. Couching your meaning behind innuendo and "almost like" is lazy and childish.

afarviral 5y ago
Agreed! I cant tell if they mean people dont wear the right types of or fresh enough masks, if they're in denial that masks work, or what...? Just sounds kind of bitter and meaningless. But Im genuinely curious about their perspective.
- Arnt 5y ago
  Innuendo is good, though, because you you can employ it to hide things that you don't want the reader to notice. In this case, if GP were to use factual sentences, this might have been one way to phrase "the covid infection graph was flat in Denmark until government lifted the mask rules, then it dropped, and this shows that masks were harmful". The problem with such factual statements is that the error is plainly visible (the graph wasn't actually flat, the case count was dropping steeply). Phrasing using innuendo allows GP to hide the factual error. The intentionally imprecise language hides a lack of accuracy.
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  - nickthemagicman 5y ago
    The statement that, in America, we wear a dirty rag on our faces until the waiter brings the breadsticks is pretty clear to me. Apologies if it wasn't clear to you.
nickthemagicman 5y ago
Where's the innuendo in stating that, in America and many parts of the world, people wear dirty rags on their faces everyday, then take them off when they get to the table at the restaurant. Where's the innuendo in that? That's the mask policy on America. The American mask policy being this: Please wear a dirty rag on your face, then...when you get to your table at the restaurant...you can take the dirty rag off your face, while the waiter brings you food or drinks or breadsticks. And you can leave it off the entire time, but must put the rag back on to walk to the door, and then, once you're done walking from the table to the door, you can remove the rag again. I'm not sure where the innuendo is. Wearing a dirty rag on your face until the waiter brings the breadsticks is the health policy in America. And we have all agreed that wearing a dirty rag on our faces until the waiter brings the breadsticks is the best public health policy. And until the health policy changes and the people and government decide that wearing a dirty rag on our faces until the waiter brings the breadsticks is no longer needed....we will continue to wear a dirty rag on our faces until the waiter brings the breadsticks, for the foreseeable future. Please let me know where the innuendo is. It seems pretty clear to me.

afarviral 5y ago

Agreed! I cant tell if they mean people dont wear the right types of or fresh enough masks, if they're in denial that masks work, or what...? Just sounds kind of bitter and meaningless. But Im genuinely curious about their perspective.

Arnt 5y ago
Innuendo is good, though, because you you can employ it to hide things that you don't want the reader to notice. In this case, if GP were to use factual sentences, this might have been one way to phrase "the covid infection graph was flat in Denmark until government lifted the mask rules, then it dropped, and this shows that masks were harmful". The problem with such factual statements is that the error is plainly visible (the graph wasn't actually flat, the case count was dropping steeply). Phrasing using innuendo allows GP to hide the factual error. The intentionally imprecise language hides a lack of accuracy.
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- nickthemagicman 5y ago
  The statement that, in America, we wear a dirty rag on our faces until the waiter brings the breadsticks is pretty clear to me. Apologies if it wasn't clear to you.

nickthemagicman 5y ago

Where's the innuendo in stating that, in America and many parts of the world, people wear dirty rags on their faces everyday, then take them off when they get to the table at the restaurant. Where's the innuendo in that? That's the mask policy on America. The American mask policy being this: Please wear a dirty rag on your face, then...when you get to your table at the restaurant...you can take the dirty rag off your face, while the waiter brings you food or drinks or breadsticks. And you can leave it off the entire time, but must put the rag back on to walk to the door, and then, once you're done walking from the table to the door, you can remove the rag again. I'm not sure where the innuendo is. Wearing a dirty rag on your face until the waiter brings the breadsticks is the health policy in America. And we have all agreed that wearing a dirty rag on our faces until the waiter brings the breadsticks is the best public health policy. And until the health policy changes and the people and government decide that wearing a dirty rag on our faces until the waiter brings the breadsticks is no longer needed....we will continue to wear a dirty rag on our faces until the waiter brings the breadsticks, for the foreseeable future. Please let me know where the innuendo is. It seems pretty clear to me.