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> Have you seen these dehumidifiers? Stop using them or you might die. I always think this is a funny way to word it. I mean, you're going to die either way. A
by sbjs 3y ago
> Have you seen these dehumidifiers? Stop using them or you might die.
I always think this is a funny way to word it. I mean, you're going to die either way. At the most, stopping using them might push it back further. But a car crash might even the playing field too. I think implicitly accepting language like this often indicates that a person isn't accepting the fact of the bigger picture.
- acumenical 3y agoI have stopped using my dehumidifier, now I shall live forever.
- cududa 3y agoBro, nobody that has ever used the phrase “you might die because xyz” has ever been under the assumption that they won’t die one day. “Often indicates that a person isn’t accepting the fact of the bigger picture” It indicates nothing. Get over yourself
- hotnfresh 3y agoDid you understand what they meant? Was the very first thought in your head confusion at the intent, or did that come when some other part of your mind analyzed it (perhaps very quickly! These parts of one’s mind can be trained to be very fast and to operate automatically) for “errors” you could post about?
- dang 3y agoIt is, of course, pure linkbait, which the HN guidelines ask submitters to edit before posting: "Please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize." We've done that now...
- aaron695 3y ago[dead]
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