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prmoustacheyesterday at 11:31 PM1 replyview on HN

> it's self-centered to want to communicate well? > > It's just basic communications skills, and honestly decency, to describe what a thing is and who it's for

What is the main country where dying pubs is such a big subject?

For f**ks sake I am not from UK yet it is easy to understand what it is all about from context and language. And I wasn't even aware of that tax change.

Pure US arrogance.


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crazygringoyesterday at 11:40 PM

> What is the main country where dying pubs is such a big subject?

How should I know? That's the point. It might as easily be Ireland for all I know. Or maybe pubs are dying in Boston or something?

> For f*ks sake I am not from UK yet it is easy to understand what it is all about from context and language.

I'm happy you're so smart. Not all of us are so lucky, I guess.

> Pure US arrogance.

Who said anything about the US? You know there are people from a lot of other countries who speak English too? If your concern is arrogance, it seems like it's your own that perhaps needs to be dialed back a little.

Suggesting that communication can be clearer isn't a form of arrogance. To the contrary, it's something that comes out of empathy, identifying how communication could help more readers/listeners.

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