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01284a7e • yesterday at 11:21 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

"I expect that almost nobody reading Hacker News has a gambling problem"

Here's an unforced error.


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Terr_ • yesterday at 11:31 PM

Here's how I see what's going on, turning subtext to text...

* Person 1: "$THING is a problem for a significant chunk of people. My audience here probably doesn't experience it subjectively, but it's still objectively true."

* Person 2: "But what if we are feeling it!? Ah-hah! I found an error! You goofed!"

* (Me): "That's really not their point, stop nitpicking the disclaimer."

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Avicebron • yesterday at 11:24 PM

misinterpreting what they are trying to convey is an unforced error. That's not the point.

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