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Re:Meta slashes hiring plans, girds for 'fierce' headwinds by hluska on Friday July 01, 2022 @02:00PM (#31950247)
If I had one wish, it would be that we would all give up that rude “citation needed” trope. I agree with you, yet that’s such a childish way to argue that it hurts the point. Just have the confidence to say you don’t agree!
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Re:Meta slashes hiring plans, girds for 'fierce' headwinds by kennywinker on Friday July 01, 2022 @02:09PM (#31950379)
What I mean by that is more than “i don’t agree” - it’s “hey, it looks like you asserted an opinion as fact”.

I’m pretty sure all ways of saying that come off rude. Sometimes rudeness is irreducible, and I think this is one of those times. I like “citation needed” because to me it seems like a playful version of rude rather than a serious version of rude. Shrugging emoji

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