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by dwedge 4 days ago
Those angry emails from guys (it's always guys) felt so contrived and wedged in just to attack other guys. I reminded me of the tweet about how people online invent someone doing a hypothetical situation and then get mad at them
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mcphage 3 days ago
> I reminded me of the tweet about how people online invent someone doing a hypothetical situation and then get mad at them

You really think that bit was hypothetical?!

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dwedge 3 days ago
Of course it was. The whole article was written in a hypothetical structure. "You do this, then that happens"
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pseudalopex 3 days ago
It was written in 2nd person structure. 2nd person and hypothetical are different ideas.
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