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Re:GitHub user sends notification to 400k users by user_7832 on Sunday June 05, 2022 @06:52AM (#31629791)
> Verify the pull request and merge asap" is a bit ridiculous

I see you're not familiar with Indian-English. What he said sounds quite "reasonable" (if not a bit unnecessarily, but understandably urgent) to someone like me (am Indian).

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Re:GitHub user sends notification to 400k users by bigDinosaur on Sunday June 05, 2022 @07:46AM (#31630087)
How is it understandably urgent? It seems like the least urgent merge request I've ever seen.
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Re:GitHub user sends notification to 400k users by user_7832 on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @10:36AM (#31667989)
Downvoting folks aren't understanding the context.

Understandable is in the Indian context. Generally a lot of things in India are slow/delayed so it's pretty common for people to want everything "fast" (which is probably "regular speed" in the US etc). I agree the content is hardly urgent, but for an Indian everything is urgent.

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Re:GitHub user sends notification to 400k users by temac on Sunday June 05, 2022 @08:52AM (#31630540)
It is not reasonable at all for "non-Indian" English -- still that would perhaps be a reasonable explanation, just he should learn it is not reasonable.
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