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You know damn well what he meant. * We don't require additional evidence, we need action. What the fuck is with HN these days? Quit the snide bullshit.

KoftaBob 5y ago
Users like that get the impression that being pedantic makes you look intelligent.
- kbenson 5y ago
  Or maybe they think that words matter and if you care enough about something to be calling people to action maybe you should care enough to phrase your words so they're less ambiguous. Not everyone reads things the same way, even if you think it's the obvious and only way to interpret something. If they did, there would be a lot less misunderstandings online. Someone pointing out ambiguity is possibly helping you refine your point and message, so if you encounter it maybe try to read it less as someone being a pedantic asshole and instead someone helping you express your message more successfully. At a minimum it will likely help you keep a good attitude or emotional state, which is nothing to sneeze at.
  - goldenkey 5y ago
    It was rhetorical and snide. We all know there is no exclusivity. OP is just asking for action for the amount of already acquired information. He isn't saying we shouldn't acquire more evidence. There is no ambiguity, just verbal gymnastics played by those who want to comment in bad conscience as if they have somehow furthered the conversation.
tailspin2019 5y ago
Not the person you’re replying to but it was just a three word reply, which could be interpreted in whole bunch of different ways, so it feels like you may have made a bit of a leap here… :)
- goldenkey 5y ago
  The commenter was succinct. They are pedantically subverting and misinterpreting OPs comment into an argument about exclusivity, when in fact OP displayed no such idea. It's a deliberate sleight.
tibyat 5y ago
i agree, thanks for speaking out
- goldenkey 5y ago
  No problem, thank you for appreciating it. I try my best to be courteous but when I see someone acting disingenuously I call them out.

KoftaBob 5y ago

Users like that get the impression that being pedantic makes you look intelligent.

kbenson 5y ago
Or maybe they think that words matter and if you care enough about something to be calling people to action maybe you should care enough to phrase your words so they're less ambiguous. Not everyone reads things the same way, even if you think it's the obvious and only way to interpret something. If they did, there would be a lot less misunderstandings online. Someone pointing out ambiguity is possibly helping you refine your point and message, so if you encounter it maybe try to read it less as someone being a pedantic asshole and instead someone helping you express your message more successfully. At a minimum it will likely help you keep a good attitude or emotional state, which is nothing to sneeze at.
- goldenkey 5y ago
  It was rhetorical and snide. We all know there is no exclusivity. OP is just asking for action for the amount of already acquired information. He isn't saying we shouldn't acquire more evidence. There is no ambiguity, just verbal gymnastics played by those who want to comment in bad conscience as if they have somehow furthered the conversation.

tailspin2019 5y ago

Not the person you’re replying to but it was just a three word reply, which could be interpreted in whole bunch of different ways, so it feels like you may have made a bit of a leap here… :)

goldenkey 5y ago
The commenter was succinct. They are pedantically subverting and misinterpreting OPs comment into an argument about exclusivity, when in fact OP displayed no such idea. It's a deliberate sleight.

tibyat 5y ago

i agree, thanks for speaking out

goldenkey 5y ago
No problem, thank you for appreciating it. I try my best to be courteous but when I see someone acting disingenuously I call them out.