• @Steve@communick.news
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    2 months ago

    If that was the case, they would have asked the question you did. But they didn’t. They asked a different question. You’re assuming their intent based on your own preconceptions. A common cause for miscommunication and confusion.

    • @otp@sh.itjust.works
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      Well if they had asked that question, a lot of people would say things like

      “How can I spend 40 hours a week making the world a better place when I’m stuck working this shitty job to barely pay for my life?”

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        2 months ago

        I didn’t comment on the quality of, or potential responses to, the new question.
        You’re also assuming something different than the words I used.

    • @whoreticulture
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      82 months ago

      Maybe they weren’t expecting a bunch of pedantic responses? lmao

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        2 months ago

        Maybe. But you and I don’t know that.
        You’re guessing their meaning, rather than accepting their words as written.
        You’re trying to mind read, rather than word read.

        • @whoreticulture
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          I’m applying “context” and “media literacy”, you’re being pedantic.

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            2 months ago

            That’s another way of saying the same thing. Roughly.
            Seems we agree on the facts, and simply value them differently.

    • @elephantium@lemmy.world
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      12 months ago

      Reading your reply right now is really funny because the OP replied to the same person after you did saying “You heard what I meant”