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I now have a visceral reaction to being told that I'm ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!, for example. It seemed an innocuous phrase before -- rather like em dashes -- but has n
by pmg101 1y ago
I now have a visceral reaction to being told that I'm ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!, for example. It seemed an innocuous phrase before -- rather like em dashes -- but has now become grating and meaningless. Robotic and no longer human.
- AlecSchueler 1y agoYou're exactly right, this really gets to the heart of the issue and demonstrates that you're already thinking like a linguist.
- gilleain 1y agoI'm launching a new service to tell people that they are absolutely, 100% wrong. That what they are considering is a terrible idea, has been done before, and will never work. Possibly I can outsource the work to HN comments :)
- pmg101 1y agoThis sounds like a terrible idea that has been done before and will never work.
- jowea 1y agoBrandonM as a Service?
- latexr 1y agoAfter the reply to his infamous comment¹, BrandonM responded with “You are correct”. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 ¹ Which people really should read in full and consider all the context. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27068148 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27068148
- jowea 1y agoYeah BrandonM got unfairly maligned but it's still funny.