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People, don't comment before you read the whole article (and click on the survey on the bottom)...


Thanks for pointing this out. There really isn't any way to tell that the rando survey at the bottom is not actually a survey. I read what I thought was the whole article, but demurred from participating in the "survey."


The problem with English is that it's so ambiguous. The author wanted it to be obvious that you should click that button to see his conclusion but ambiguous English seems to have led many readers to misunderstand his intent. If only we had languages that could express things with less ambiguity, perhaps by incorporating symbols and stricter grammar.


Don't forget your sense of sarcasm either. The top comments in this thread apparently didn't get the point of the article or stopped reading early.


And it's pinned to the top because anyone who didn't read the article is basically expecting that sort of "hah, nice try dummy" criticism in the comments. It's like candy.




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