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A comment on The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover. Parent comment

Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by zekrioca on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @03:19AM (#42929611)
People these days use /s for that, not quotes..
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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by emptyfile on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @04:28AM (#42930191)
You should understand what putting a word in quotes means, regardless of internet memes.
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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by zekrioca on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @05:43PM (#42940150)
According to Wikipedia [1], and I quote:

"A quotation or quote is the repetition of a sentence, phrase, or passage from speech or text that someone has said or written."

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

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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by tijtij on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @08:44PM (#42942415)
By quoting "far-left" the poster is indicating that he himself does not believe that Obama is far left but that it is something someone has said or written about Obama.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scare_quotes

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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by zekrioca on Thursday February 06, 2025 @03:49AM (#42960420)
I "support" the article's criticism section.
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