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Re:Things you probably don't know about Go (2012) [slides] by pushpop on Thursday October 10, 2019 @03:59PM (#21218569)
> This reads as, "My personal preference is for people not to argue for their personal preference." Before you go on to argue for your personal preference.

I haven’t argued my personal preference though. All I’m saying is that arguing that your personal preference is anyway more “correct” than others is about as sensible as trying to discuss the science behind religion.

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Re:Things you probably don't know about Go (2012) [slides] by kerkeslager on Thursday October 10, 2019 @04:28PM (#21218831)
> I haven’t argued my personal preference though.

Yes you have, and you're still doing it.

Your "preference" in this case, which you are arguing for, is to not have people argue for their language preferences.

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