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Re:First batch of student’s washing machines shipped to Iraq by BeefySwain on Friday August 13, 2021 @02:42PM (#28172701)
Perhaps they are asserting that America only has one health problem?
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Re:First batch of student’s washing machines shipped to Iraq by foobarian on Friday August 13, 2021 @04:21PM (#28174025)
To be fair saying "One of... is..." is a tautology and doesn't make sense to disagree with.
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Re:First batch of student’s washing machines shipped to Iraq by SECProto on Friday August 13, 2021 @04:52PM (#28174366)
> To be fair saying "One of... is..." is a tautology and doesn't make sense to disagree with.

I disagree pretty strongly and can provide as many examples as you would like:

- One of the biggest health problems in America is too much bicycling

- One of the biggest health problems in America is too little automobile travel

- One of the biggest health problems in America is too much space travel

- One of the most nutritious foods is rocks.

I think instead what you mean can be best explained by reading the wikipedia article on weasel words. [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weasel_word

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Re:First batch of student’s washing machines shipped to Iraq by BeefySwain on Friday August 13, 2021 @05:52PM (#28175023)
I was being facetious :)
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