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That's how exceptions work, yes. I'm glad you've confirmed that you understood correctly what I was communicating with language. What's the problem, you're offended by the word "literally" or...?
Your comment was a useless tautology. I'm surprised anyone upvoted it.
Your comment offended me. You could have phrased it so much nicer. I'll have a go at doing so:
That's saying the exact same thing without being so cynical about it. These Linux communities on Lemmy are just so damn cynical. I get tired of it, and I chose you as an outlet for my frustration.
Phrasing it the way you did is such a circle-jerky, virtue-signaling thing to do. Why even make that kind of comment?
If you think your comment was totally benign and no one should have thought it was a weird thing to say, then I don't know what to tell you, and I think you just need to accept my lighthearted mockery of your strangely worded, cynical comment.
I kept thinking about this, and it wasn't just that it's cynical. I don't know why I got hung up on that. I think I was stoned.
My real problem was, in fact, the use of the words "literally" and "ever". If you say, "There's literally no reason to ever...", that means 0 reasons. That does not leave room for exceptions. A then you immediately follow it up with an exception. 😑