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skrebbelyesterday at 6:31 PM3 repliesview on HN

When people write a statement and then tack on a question mark they force people to guess what they mean. Is it a typo? Is it an observation and the question mark is supposed to somehow signal disapproval? Or is it an actual question, with a little grammar error that's not uncommon for non-native English speakers?

Maybe this is just me being weird but I simply don't understand why people think a question mark means ", and that's stupid for obvious reasons that I can't be bothered to spell out and therefore I disapprove".

Admittedly my reply was even worse so yeah, pot, kettle.


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pavel_lishinyesterday at 8:29 PM

So what did you mean?

youarenotsmartyesterday at 7:28 PM

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ghost-of-dmryesterday at 10:31 PM

Are you autistic?