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Re:Tell HN: Call Mom by jshevek on Sunday May 10, 2020 @01:25PM (#23134318)
>"today might be a good day to call your mother"

The OP doesn't qualify their premise with 'might'. ('May' only applied to video chat, specifically). The title is imperative, and there is a general claim of importance.

I'm not bothered personally, I just agree with chriseatons assessment of the tone.

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Re:Tell HN: Call Mom by meddlepal on Sunday May 10, 2020 @01:45PM (#23134469)
The pedantry on this site sometimes is insufferable.

It's a little reminder for the oblivious and workaholics among us. Nobody is suggesting anyone call their mom if they hate her guts.

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Re:Tell HN: Call Mom by jshevek on Sunday May 10, 2020 @02:04PM (#23134621)
In this case, looking at the actual words can help one to understand why other people interpreted the statement differently than they did.
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