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by josu 1038 days ago
I found the concept of Grice's Maxims the other day, and it feels very relevant. Everyone is getting triggered because this fails the maxim of relation.

>Grice's four maxims of conversation, called the Gricean maxims—quantity, quality, relation, and manner.

>Be relevant — i.e., one should ensure that all the information they provide is relevant to the current exchange; therefore omitting any irrelevant information.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperative_principle