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by ghodith 2029 days ago
Is that post too fancy though? Sure, "Linnaean classification" could/should be replaced with "taxonomy" or something similar for readability, but none of the rest of the post has and uncommon references or words. The point also seems obvious, and the relevance to the post self explanatory. This rant on obscurantism seems unwarranted with reference to a post written at a pretty standard reading level.
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If I have to guess (and it's fun, so why not), I think what triggered the rant was exactly what the comment was describing. I'd call it recursive, but I don't want to sound fancy.

My comment wasn't categorical. IE, I didn't get on either the "T&Cs are evil bullshit" or "contracts are the basis of civilization" side. If you're reading for category, everything else is flowery nonsense. Just tell me which side you're on and why.