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by futurix 2296 days ago
The analysis might not be false - but it sure is dismissive. Dismissiveness that jars with the stated dislike of 'pretension' and that makes the poster sound pretentious themselves.
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You seem to be saying that one cannot be sure of ones own position and not be pretentious, is that what you mean?
No. What I’m trying to say is that any comment on a public forum does not exist in a vacuum and acquires additional properties based on where and when it is posted.
Uh... then you should probably edit your post, because I find it impossible to read this more general statement in the first post.