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It's good to keep things in perspective. After all, there are 16,384 misunderstood comments each minute on this very website.
by IncRnd 2y ago
It's good to keep things in perspective. After all, there are 16,384 misunderstood comments each minute on this very website.
- aspenmayer 2y agoIf your comment is sarcasm, does my comment affect your calculations? If my comment is sarcasm, does my comment affect your calculations?
- IncRnd 2y agoI like your comment! Though, I dislike sarcasm, which your post seems to be.
- aspenmayer 2y agoI like your comment! Though, we may be in a liar and/or barber paradox. Artists tell the truth using a lie. I dislike lying and yet love art. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liar_paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liar_paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barber_paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barber_paradox
- IncRnd 2y agoI am reminded of what my Grandma used to always say. "A lie spoken is easy to see. Repeating a lie colors it candidly. " -- Granny So, I try to keep things in perspective, especially in comments on this website, so I don't get misunderstood.
- aspenmayer 2y agoYour grandmother sounds like smart lady. I appreciate your perspective and share and interest in clarity of thought and expression. I originally thought you must be being sarcastic due to the implausibility of calculating a discrete number of potentially possible misunderstandings of comments when whether something is misunderstood or not is largely subjective and may simultaneously be both understood and misunderstood depending on the reading of a comment as serious or unserious, or both. I thought for moment of asking you to show your work to derive your answer, but opted for a more lighthearted literary device. Concepts like death of the author complicate matters. You may feel that a comment misunderstands your point, but your position as such should not be too privileged as a reader, and it’s possible to both say more and less than intended. We also shouldn’t take for granted that we are understood, and being sensitive to potential misreadings are sometimes a useful device for playing with the actual ambiguity of reality itself. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_the_Author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_the_Author
- fancyfredbot 2y agoI misunderstood this comment initially, thinking that there can't be so many comments on HN. But then I realised each comment can be misunderstood more than once. Seems plausible. Pleased to have done my part.
- _carbyau_ 2y agoAnd that number immediately triggers my "Nice neat power of 2 answer? Seems unlikely..." suspicions. :-)
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