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The fact that you don’t understand why he doesn’t understand makes me understand that in this whole conversation you’re the person with the greater misunderstan

The fact that you don’t understand why he doesn’t understand makes me understand that in this whole conversation you’re the person with the greater misunderstanding.

JCattheATM 1y ago
So witty! Or, actually he understands just fine but chose to say he doesn't understand as a way to protest something he disagrees with. There's a chance you understood that and just wanted to try and be snarky though, isn't there? Such a valuable contribution!
- johnisgood 1y ago
  I actually did not understand what it means for a glacier to steal something: take [what exactly] and [why]? I do not disagree with something I have no idea about.
  - JCattheATM 1y ago
    How can you truly not understand from context? I mean, you guess merge, which indicates you do understand the point being made, but just strongly disagree with the language for some reason. If you truly didn't understand, you wouldn't have been able to suggest your preferred language use of 'merge' instead.
    - pryelluw 1y ago
      Of all the hills in this little pale blue dot, the decision to pick this one as the location to commit seppuku over someone else’s interpretation of an analogy not only seems wasteful, it begets the question: why? But this is the Internet. A modern marvel built for the purpose of inflating one’s ego at the cost of others. Me included, of course. Now, do me. Please.
      - JCattheATM 1y ago
        > Of all the hills in this little pale blue dot, the decision to pick this one as the location to commit seppuku over someone else’s interpretation of an analogy That's not at all what's happening. I just made an observation because I truly doubted how someone couldn't understand, especially when their text indicated they did. What's weird is when people like you involve themselves for no reason at all though. > Now, do me. Please. How about you do us both a favor and just never reply to me again? You don't have that in you though, you're one of those need to have the last word types, so have it, so at least I can then be done with you :)
        MegaButts 1y ago
        > What's weird is when people like you involve themselves for no reason at all though. They made it so much better with a witty reply. I was just thinking this is one of my favorite HN threads I've seen in a long time. And now you've ended it with the HN trope of "I have no sense of humor but I still need to point out why I'm better than you." Different strokes for different folks.
        JCattheATM 1y ago
        > Different strokes for different folks. Indeed. Personally I thought the unwelcome interjection was asinine and combative with less than pure motivations, but glad you were able to enjoy it.
        pryelluw 1y ago
        Thank you, that’s very kind.
        pryelluw 1y ago
        Ok. Only because I don’t want to ruin Dang’s Memorial Day weekend. Lord knows he doesn’t need yet another man-baby emailing him with complaints about some idiot on the internet making fun of him.
        1y ago
    - johnisgood 1y ago
      Wait, I did not suggest anything, I quoted that sentence from the article which mentioned "merge". I just understood what "merge" meant, but not "steal".
      - JCattheATM 1y ago
        That's honestly just hard for me to believe. Is English a second language for you?
        johnisgood 1y ago
        Yes, it is.
        JCattheATM 1y ago
        I guess that explains it, thank you for responding, and sorry about the off-topic nonsense from the other user. To maybe try and explain, as I said earlier anthropomorphization is a pretty common writing tool, which means to treat a non-person being or object as though it were a person in limited contexts. In this case the glacier is being anthropomorphized to help describe its behavior, otherwise, sure, the use of steal wouldn't really make sense. Does that help you understand it at all?

The fact that you don’t understand why he doesn’t understand makes me understand that in this whole conversation you’re the person with the greater misunderstanding.

JCattheATM 1y ago

So witty! Or, actually he understands just fine but chose to say he doesn't understand as a way to protest something he disagrees with. There's a chance you understood that and just wanted to try and be snarky though, isn't there? Such a valuable contribution!

johnisgood 1y ago
I actually did not understand what it means for a glacier to steal something: take [what exactly] and [why]? I do not disagree with something I have no idea about.
- JCattheATM 1y ago
  How can you truly not understand from context? I mean, you guess merge, which indicates you do understand the point being made, but just strongly disagree with the language for some reason. If you truly didn't understand, you wouldn't have been able to suggest your preferred language use of 'merge' instead.
  - pryelluw 1y ago
    Of all the hills in this little pale blue dot, the decision to pick this one as the location to commit seppuku over someone else’s interpretation of an analogy not only seems wasteful, it begets the question: why? But this is the Internet. A modern marvel built for the purpose of inflating one’s ego at the cost of others. Me included, of course. Now, do me. Please.
    - JCattheATM 1y ago
      > Of all the hills in this little pale blue dot, the decision to pick this one as the location to commit seppuku over someone else’s interpretation of an analogy That's not at all what's happening. I just made an observation because I truly doubted how someone couldn't understand, especially when their text indicated they did. What's weird is when people like you involve themselves for no reason at all though. > Now, do me. Please. How about you do us both a favor and just never reply to me again? You don't have that in you though, you're one of those need to have the last word types, so have it, so at least I can then be done with you :)
      - MegaButts 1y ago
        > What's weird is when people like you involve themselves for no reason at all though. They made it so much better with a witty reply. I was just thinking this is one of my favorite HN threads I've seen in a long time. And now you've ended it with the HN trope of "I have no sense of humor but I still need to point out why I'm better than you." Different strokes for different folks.
        JCattheATM 1y ago
        > Different strokes for different folks. Indeed. Personally I thought the unwelcome interjection was asinine and combative with less than pure motivations, but glad you were able to enjoy it.
        pryelluw 1y ago
        Thank you, that’s very kind.
      - pryelluw 1y ago
        Ok. Only because I don’t want to ruin Dang’s Memorial Day weekend. Lord knows he doesn’t need yet another man-baby emailing him with complaints about some idiot on the internet making fun of him.
        1y ago
  - johnisgood 1y ago
    Wait, I did not suggest anything, I quoted that sentence from the article which mentioned "merge". I just understood what "merge" meant, but not "steal".
    - JCattheATM 1y ago
      That's honestly just hard for me to believe. Is English a second language for you?
      - johnisgood 1y ago
        Yes, it is.
        JCattheATM 1y ago
        I guess that explains it, thank you for responding, and sorry about the off-topic nonsense from the other user. To maybe try and explain, as I said earlier anthropomorphization is a pretty common writing tool, which means to treat a non-person being or object as though it were a person in limited contexts. In this case the glacier is being anthropomorphized to help describe its behavior, otherwise, sure, the use of steal wouldn't really make sense. Does that help you understand it at all?