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Re:How Inuit Parents Teach Kids To Control Their Anger (2019) by filleduchaos on Sunday February 04, 2024 @05:46PM (#39255306)
> But it's literally the opposite of pathetic to elide one's own pathos

...a rather important part of the overall point is precisely that the people in question are not elid[ing their] own pathos.

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Re:How Inuit Parents Teach Kids To Control Their Anger (2019) by anonymouskimmer on Sunday February 04, 2024 @06:00PM (#39255416)
Saying it's not really anger is at least the attempt to not consider it. But yes, verbal elidation is probably more correct.
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