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Re:Why isn't the internet more fun and weird? by smacktoward on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @04:42PM (#19039856)
I propose we reach for Dickens to name this form of insincere disclaimer, and call it a "Heepsclaimer": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uriah_Heep
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Re:Why isn't the internet more fun and weird? by Karunamon on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @09:09PM (#19041659)
According to Google, you are the first person on the internet to ever use this word.

I like it. I'm going to start using this.

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Re:Why isn't the internet more fun and weird? by ehecatl on Thursday January 31, 2019 @04:50AM (#19043654)
Aristotle's already got you covered with "aporia".

_Ars Rhetorica_, BTW is great read.

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