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tptacek · 2023-01-25 20:39:53

It's not what #2 says, it's just why he was saying it.

satisfice | karma 989 | avg karma 1.58 · | 2023-10-20 07:51:09

He's just saying that.

hellofunk | karma 9428 | avg karma 2.99 · | 2017-04-21 08:38:08+00:00

How do you know that's not what he meant?

rcpt | karma 3546 | avg karma 2.89 · | 2022-10-31 10:48:00

He explained in his second sentence

Mithaldu | karma 8182 | avg karma 2.9 · | 2017-09-04 17:15:21+00:00

You're putting words into his mouth. Particularly the first one is not at all what he wrote.

PavlovsCat | karma 4237 | avg karma 1.41 · | 2014-11-05 11:32:15

That's not a third possibility, but rather saying it might be the first ( = he honestly believes this) or the second ( = he doesn't, but either pretends he does for personal gain or is just stringing words together because hey, it's not like it matters).

exergy | karma 7 | avg karma 0.02 · | 2017-06-01 19:28:54

I'm taking issue with his first sentence, not second.

enkid | karma 2936 | avg karma 2.98 · | 2021-09-15 06:46:15

I agree that's what he probably intended, but that's definitely not what he said.

jamesaguilar | karma 7468 | avg karma 3.26 · | 2014-03-03 03:26:07+00:00

That's not from the first paragraph, and, at least to me, doesn't explain what he was getting at with it.

legitster | karma 17293 | avg karma 5.1 · | 2024-06-27 17:03:23

The first sentence didn't contain his rationale?

Narishma | karma 3253 | avg karma 1.67 · | 2014-03-08 19:41:34+00:00

That's what he said, and he's asking why.

vorotato | karma 753 | avg karma 1.22 · | 2016-09-09 21:48:42

Well the first part wasn't a rhetorical statement.

Terr_ | karma 13722 | avg karma 2.85 · | 2015-11-15 05:18:38+00:00

It's explained in the quote he's responding to.

NerdsCentral | karma 131 | avg karma 3.05 · | 2012-04-21 04:09:49

He did not actually say that - but it is the implication of his comment.

sbuk | karma 3097 | avg karma 1.67 · | 2013-12-31 23:02:28+00:00

Reading his other comment, he's talking for himself.

yoz-y | karma 5824 | avg karma 2.35 · | 2019-02-24 00:51:57+00:00

It seems that the title gives a different meaning to the words he actually said.

ljw1001 | karma 1330 | avg karma 2.04 · | 2022-07-14 12:27:29

It’s obvious why he would think it; it’s less obvious why he would say it.

corin_ | karma 10404 | avg karma 2.85 · | 2014-02-11 16:00:44+00:00

He's clearly not saying that, but talking about this one specific individual.

razius | karma 113 | avg karma 0.92 · | 2021-01-12 08:03:09+00:00

What he says and does are two different things.

eru | karma 30335 | avg karma 1.29 · | 2010-04-11 23:25:59+00:00

He explains his reasoning in the next sentences.