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by bandyaboot 1603 days ago
I get all of that. None of it changes the fact that asking them if they’d stake their life on it is just downright bizarre.
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The idiom of ‘betting’ or ‘staking’ one’s life on a claim is common where I’m from. To clarify, my intent was to call into question a claim by OP and asking OP to back up their claim or stand down.