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by user_7832 1482 days ago
> Verify the pull request and merge asap" is a bit ridiculous

I see you're not familiar with Indian-English. What he said sounds quite "reasonable" (if not a bit unnecessarily, but understandably urgent) to someone like me (am Indian).
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bigDinosaur 1482 days ago
How is it understandably urgent? It seems like the least urgent merge request I've ever seen.
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user_7832 1479 days ago
Downvoting folks aren't understanding the context.

Understandable is in the Indian context. Generally a lot of things in India are slow/delayed so it's pretty common for people to want everything "fast" (which is probably "regular speed" in the US etc). I agree the content is hardly urgent, but for an Indian everything is urgent.

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temac 1482 days ago
It is not reasonable at all for "non-Indian" English -- still that would perhaps be a reasonable explanation, just he should learn it is not reasonable.
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