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Re:The Reddit Front Page Is Not a Meritocracy by raldi on Thursday November 06, 2014 @02:03PM (#8568978)
> I've been out of the loop for a few years, but no the votes aren't manipulated.

AHA! Let's just cancel out the double negative ("no" and "n't") and look what we uncover, in this former reddit admin's very own words: "the votes are manipulated"

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Re:The Reddit Front Page Is Not a Meritocracy by pygy_ on Thursday November 06, 2014 @03:08PM (#8569439)
For those who don't know, raldi is a former reddit admin as well.
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Re:The Reddit Front Page Is Not a Meritocracy by uberdog on Thursday November 06, 2014 @02:47PM (#8569289)
That's not how english works. That's not a double negative.
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Re:The Reddit Front Page Is Not a Meritocracy by raldi on Thursday November 06, 2014 @02:50PM (#8569321)
Now let's cancel out the double negative ("not", and "not") in what you said:

> That's how english works. That's a double negative.

Exactly!

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Re:The Reddit Front Page Is Not a Meritocracy by thezilch on Friday November 07, 2014 @02:27AM (#8571526)
Or...

> That's a double positive.

Indeed!

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Re:The Reddit Front Page Is Not a Meritocracy by cortesoft on Thursday November 06, 2014 @02:28PM (#8569147)
Umm, that isn't a double negative.
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