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The fact that even making a similar argument to mine, you still say "if car accidents are accidental" is very telling of how ingrained this phrase has become. (
by ihaveajob 5y ago
The fact that even making a similar argument to mine, you still say "if car accidents are accidental" is very telling of how ingrained this phrase has become. (Not to pick on you, I just find it amusing.)
- dfxm12 5y agoI don't think this is coincidental: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28841388 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28841388 I was trying to amusingly challenge the reader to separate the two meanings of accident (car crash and something that happened unintentionally) just like most writing about crashes tries to get the reader to conflate them. :)