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The latter option always comes across as rude. It's a very clear 'piss off you insect'

• aleph_minus_one 1y ago
  > The latter option always comes across as rude. It's a very clear 'piss off you insect' To me, it rather tells: "I consider you to be likely to be sufficiently smart and knowledgable to understand this topic if you put in some effort: do you want to learn some cool stuff which otherwise would demand a lot of literature research to learn? And since I already hinted that I consider you to be smart and knowledgable: would you like to teach me some cool, complicated stuff, too?"
  • ted_dunning 1y ago
    That would be nice. But it is by far more common that it means "piss off you insect".