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Re:A friend of mine died and I didn't know because of algori... by hunter2_ on Monday December 18, 2017 @10:25PM (#15957486)
More typically than in response to someone saying "user," I see this in response to somebody erroneously saying "customer" or similar. I think "the user" is pretty valid, but "the used" makes for a good smirk.
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Re:A friend of mine died and I didn't know because of algori... by astrodust on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @12:17AM (#15957950)
There's only two industries that describe their customers as users: Software and drug dealers.
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Re:A friend of mine died and I didn't know because of algori... by carlivar on Monday December 18, 2017 @10:31PM (#15957513)
Yeah I got that wrong. I mixed up users with customers. Thank you for pointing it out.
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