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The most attention grabbing part of your comment was when you quoted him as saying "women = user friendly" and "put on a leash". His actual comment contains "I'

The most attention grabbing part of your comment was when you quoted him as saying "women = user friendly" and "put on a leash". His actual comment contains "I'm old enough to marry and put on my leash", referring to himself. I understand why you didn't like his comment, but that doesn't justify the misquote. That being said, if you couldn't read his comment well, I understand. His comment's hex color is almost matching the background.

lowboy 12y ago
I think he should have gone with "a leash" instead of "my leash". The latter sounds like one is looking for an animal to put on their leash.
aiiane 12y ago
The common trope when it comes to associating leashes and marriage is wives having their husbands on leashes (and googling bears this out). If you think that the statement in that post was actually meant to refer to something other than the common trope, I'd be curious why. If you do think it refers to the common trope, I'm curious why you think "my" versus "a" makes a difference. Regardless, the point of the quote marks in that parenthetical was to denote common tropes that appear in his comment, not to use his exact language. I'm sorry that their usage was confusing.
- ChrisAntaki 12y ago
  > If you think that the statement in that post was actually meant to refer to something other than the common trope, I'd be curious why Nope, we're in agreement there. > the point of the quote marks in that parenthetical was to denote common tropes that appear in his comment, not to use his exact language. Exact language can be important, especially when quotes are being directly sequenced. In this case, sequencing two quotes with different subjects, while modifying the second quote to be more subject agnostic, is problematic. > I'm sorry that their usage was confusing. No worries, sounds like you didn't intentionally modify the quote to redefine the meaning at all.

lowboy 12y ago

I think he should have gone with "a leash" instead of "my leash". The latter sounds like one is looking for an animal to put on their leash.

aiiane 12y ago

The common trope when it comes to associating leashes and marriage is wives having their husbands on leashes (and googling bears this out). If you think that the statement in that post was actually meant to refer to something other than the common trope, I'd be curious why. If you do think it refers to the common trope, I'm curious why you think "my" versus "a" makes a difference. Regardless, the point of the quote marks in that parenthetical was to denote common tropes that appear in his comment, not to use his exact language. I'm sorry that their usage was confusing.

ChrisAntaki 12y ago
> If you think that the statement in that post was actually meant to refer to something other than the common trope, I'd be curious why Nope, we're in agreement there. > the point of the quote marks in that parenthetical was to denote common tropes that appear in his comment, not to use his exact language. Exact language can be important, especially when quotes are being directly sequenced. In this case, sequencing two quotes with different subjects, while modifying the second quote to be more subject agnostic, is problematic. > I'm sorry that their usage was confusing. No worries, sounds like you didn't intentionally modify the quote to redefine the meaning at all.