We Don’t Need to Work So Much (2015)

Re:We Don’t Need to Work So Much (2015) by renewiltord on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @04:49AM (#23973737)

In English, "how much" is used to express degree. So, for instance, if I said "A marked difference I noticed between driving in San Francisco and in Mumbai was how much honking I heard in the latter" what that means is "There was significantly more honking in Bombay than in SF". Concluding "there is no honking in SF" would be reaching beyond what is stated.

And I'm suggesting exactly what I said. I didn't make any claims about nationality or ethnicity. It isn't some racist claim that a European can't do it. It's a claim that in Europe I didn't see this as much as in SF (where way more people were like this irrespective of national origin).

But all this is a waste. The sentence structure is a classic from the '90s: Are you really saying "thing that person wasn't saying"?!! Are you really comparing "thing that no one was comparing" with "other thing"?!

Pity.

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Re:We Don’t Need to Work So Much (2015) by wpearse on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @05:03AM (#23973805)

My comment was part jest, part awe. I clearly read too much into what you were saying. Apologies.

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Re:We Don’t Need to Work So Much (2015) by renewiltord on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @05:06AM (#23973820)

All good. The back and forth of speech allows for lower-effort clarification so I'm sure this interaction would have done better in real life.

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