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Re:Be Like Clippy by tavavex on Monday December 01, 2025 @02:08AM (#46104405)
In what way could it be ad hominem? Where did I attack the poster? I did make an assumption of why they were arguing against it in such strong terms, but how does an assumption make for a personal insult on the author?

I realize they also brought up points about why they thought this was bad. The rest of my comment was spent replying to those points.

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Re:Be Like Clippy by jibal on Friday December 05, 2025 @01:03PM (#46164878)
Sad that you don't understand how "seems to underlie your insistence" is ad hominem.

> I did make an assumption of why they were arguing against it in such strong terms

Yes, exactly.

"a personal insult"

Maybe learn what the term actually means.

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