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mikeash
2018-04-03 20:40:24
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Guessing is not asking.
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unglaublich | karma 2369 | avg karma 5.42
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2022-10-03 08:18:07
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Or you don't know and there's no point in guessing.
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LeoPanthera | karma 26644 | avg karma 5.67
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2020-03-02 22:59:11
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If you don't know, don't guess.
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dgut | karma 389 | avg karma 1.39
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2017-02-18 22:46:23+00:00
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I don't think there's much point in guessing.
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AnimalMuppet | karma 25021 | avg karma 1.24
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2016-01-21 16:57:07
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You don't know. Nobody knows. So you make your best guess, and you don't put all your eggs in one basket.
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remram | karma 7409 | avg karma 1.74
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2023-02-25 11:22:09
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If they offer no information, you can think as long as you want, you still have to make a random guess.
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fishingisfun | karma 52 | avg karma 1.3
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2021-06-01 00:18:45+00:00
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no one can guess
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sp332 | karma 55607 | avg karma 2.75
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2016-07-14 18:06:19+00:00
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So... you have no idea, and you're not willing to find out, but you're sure you're right?
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chanakya | karma 231 | avg karma 3.21
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2023-03-22 16:58:37
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Isn't that the same as not identifying it at all? A random guess would be just as good.
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dfilppi | karma -14 | avg karma -0.06
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2021-05-07 14:49:41+00:00
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We dont know. But not knowing isnt the same as knowing not.
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ttul | karma 8355 | avg karma 3.91
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2020-08-22 21:45:59+00:00
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You can’t know.
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jesuslop | karma 579 | avg karma 1.63
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2014-07-24 18:56:47+00:00
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You can't know.
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Bilal_io | karma 1166 | avg karma 2.24
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2024-06-12 03:50:31
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You never know, and you don't want to find out
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camdenreslink | karma 325 | avg karma 2.17
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2023-02-03 22:35:08
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It isn’t saying “I don’t know,” it is saying “It can’t be known.” Which is actually an answer and something else entirely.
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Rapzid | karma 5572 | avg karma 1.75
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2021-06-20 02:02:23
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You can just say you don't know.
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chickenfries | karma 1901 | avg karma 3.13
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2017-07-18 19:05:03
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Exactly my point. You really have no idea unless you ask someone.
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4ad | karma 5967 | avg karma 2.38
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2024-02-09 17:08:42
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If you have to ask, you will never know.
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lotharbot | karma 7658 | avg karma 3.55
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2024-04-26 15:45:30
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Indeterminate. There's no information to be gleaned. And we don't turn our lives upside down on no information.
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mturmon | karma 10664 | avg karma 2.66
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2013-03-12 13:27:22
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If you have to ask, you aren't ever going to know.
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slowmovintarget | karma 5167 | avg karma 2.38
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2023-02-06 21:35:35
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No, the fact that sometimes we're not guessing, and not blabbing random word salad, makes it untrue.
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