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by simondotau 222 days ago
Politeness is not the same thing as gratuitous praise. Politeness is appropriate; being excessively glazed for asking an obvious follow-up question is weird.
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Right, and neither politeness nor gratuitous praise are even remotely similar to being edgy. These words have meanings, you have been using at least one of them incorrectly, that is the point I'm trying to make.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/edgy

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/edgy