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I rather wish they had worded it as 'We assume you are not stupid'. Or they are assuming wrong in my case?

• jaysonelliot 14y ago
  "We assume you are not stupid" means they are making an assumption of intelligence, whereas "we don't assume you are stupid" means they make no assumption one way or the other. I wonder which is more appropriate?
  • hellerbarde 14y ago
    spot on +1
  • venkyk 14y ago
    I see your point. However, I keep reading it as "We don't (have to) assume you are stupid. (We know so)".
  • lsc 14y ago
    My intent was to say, in a positive way, "If you are unwilling to learn how a serial console works, or how OpenSSH public key authentication works, I'll refund your money and send you to Linode."
    • K2h 14y ago
      That was exactly how I interpreted it when I read it originally. I love the minimalist page by the way.
      • zorked 14y ago
        It's great design I think. It attracts exactly the kind of people they want as customers.
• WiseWeasel 14y ago
  As a stupid person, I was offended.
  • redslazer 14y ago
    The fact you understand what the page is even about, means that you are not in anyway a stupid person.
    • stcredzero 14y ago
      Just because one can be smart, doesn't mean one has lost the chance to be stupid.
    • WiseWeasel 14y ago
      That would be stretching it. For all you know, I'm plenty stupid in other, arguably more socially relevant problem domains.