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It seems even more creepily weirdly personal if "engaged" was a freudian slip rather than the intentionally self deprecating humor of trying to sound like a hor
by SimHacker 14y ago
It seems even more creepily weirdly personal if "engaged" was a freudian slip rather than the intentionally self deprecating humor of trying to sound like a horny cyber stalker. I assumed because of the rest of the gushing it was meant to be a humorous parody of a horny cyber stalker.
- Danieru 14y agoIs there a chance you guys are not native english speakers? I'm Canadian and didn't find anything odd about the sentence. I think the context made it clear that he was talking about contributing.
- stcredzero 14y agoIs there a chance you guys are not native english speakers? Yes, it's commonplace for someone to "want to be engaged with brilliant people" without bringing marriage into the picture. I've seen that on cover letters a number of times.
- Cushman 14y agoIndeed. "Engaged with" doesn't ever describe a marriage proposal in any case, so it's hard to imagine a native speaker being confused. (The idiom is "engaged to".)
- gcr 14y ago(Upvoting this post so others can see the context -- don't let your disagreement rob others of being able to follow the conversation, HN!)
- unimpressive 14y agoAre you kidding me? If posts can't be downvoted because they contain "crucial" context, then why have a downvote button at all?
- mquander 14y agoThis conversation is really boring. I'm downvoting it because I don't want to follow conversations like this.