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keyle·

"Everyone, chill"

then proceeds to drop emphasis, F words and other strong words.

Maybe take a page of your own book.

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I read “everyone chill” to mean “there’s a lot of bad takes here”, not literally “remain calm”. In that context, I think the comment makes sense — they’re illustrating just how wrong the common take is

I've literally never heard that expression before

I have, now what do we do? Which of us controls the language?

Whoever is able to use it to communicate ideas.

Alas, we are no further. Remember how we got here: you opened with what barely qualifies as an anecdote. Not remotely an idea. I'm trying to be fair.

How about we go with the rock-paper-scissors suggestion?

Rock paper scissors for it

I really don't like this medium for it, when/where? :)

Someone learns something new everyday!

The substance of his comment is still well-intentioned though. I agree with him.

Random person writes completely unsourced negative comment about someone HN dislikes for no reason. HN cheers before launching in a pointless and already rehashed a thousands times discussion about tipping culture.

I don’t know if it’s well intentioned but it’s peak HN.

Chill because you all are giving me anxiety that I don't need.

Idk how to tell you this, but this is a pretty common pattern for human speech. You see it in plenty of countries, plenty of cultures. Welcome to Earth. Words mean more than the literal dictionary interpretation of them.

Edit:

I only have sass in me tonight.

The workweek just started, you gotta save some sass for the rest of the week too.

I'm a grad student and ABD (all but dissertation). My work week has no beginning nor end. But don't worry, I still got plenty in me.

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