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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by remram on Sunday September 25, 2022 @06:41PM (#32977138)
That only applies to things that are not obviously oriented. No one would try to argue that when they said "we'll do a recap at the end of meetings", what they meant is both the start and the end. This is not ambiguous at all and I don't even believe you believe in this argument.
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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by ethanbond on Sunday September 25, 2022 @09:57PM (#32978483)
Well I’d suggest the “obvious” orientation is actually the effect of what you believe the words to mean, not the cause.

This is what I was taught, I do indeed think it’s pretty silly, but it wouldn’t even be in the top 100 weirdest things about our language/culture/norms “space.” We’re surrounded by idiosyncrasies!

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