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ninetyninenine04/02/20251 replyview on HN

>Saying I'm pretending is the same thing as saying that I'm lying. But it doesn't really matter either way. Your claims about what's in my head are mistaken. You are, of course, free to think anything you like.

Correct, I think you're lying. But that's an extreme way to put it. You're more humble bragging.

Again, it wasn't an attack. Even if I say you're lying it's not an attack either. I'm just stating what I'm thinking.


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JohnFen04/02/2025

Ordinarily, this is where I'd leave it (a real discussion is impossible if one side thinks the other isn't being honest), but I'm really curious...

You've used the term "humble bragging" twice now. What in my statements do you think counts as a brag? I was just saying what my personal experience is, and I can't think of what I've said that would be anything to brag about, humble or otherwise. My experience is just my experience, not some kind of superior one.

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