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		andrewcooke on Dec 8, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Epic Fail: The Rise and Fall of Demand Media i think the problem here is "hate" and "mildly unpleasant" sit oddly together...

lambda on Dec 8, 2013 [–]

People use "hate" to mean "mildly unpleasant" all the time. "I hate it when i just barely miss the bus" or "I hate it when the package is so hard to open I spill most of the sauce in the process of opening the package" or the like.

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