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by throwawinsider 1937 days ago
It seems pretty obvious to me that should means should.

Pro tip: if you don't mean should, don't write should.

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Another pro tip: Never use the word "should".

Avoiding reasoning about the nature of your beliefs (and why others might be subject to those beliefs) is a weakness in thinking.

"Should" is also the easiest way to create a clickbait headline to argue about because there are so many individual interpretations and following justifications of "should".

Depending upon the context, "should" can run the gamut of "here's an idea that you might want to consider" to "you have a serious moral failing if you don't do things this way."
Pro tip: the best RFC is 2119 https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2119
Don't you mean "Pro tip: you SHOULD read RFC 2119"