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Elusive deer spotted wearing high-vis jacket in Canada: ‘Who is responsible?’
(www.theguardian.com)
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I think you're confused...
The answer is:
I don't understand why youre telling me to read the article for answering the question it asks...
Did you think I was encouraging this because I explained how it was almost certainly done?
That logical leap wasn’t explicit in your original comment at all.
I identify the practice my name, "spotlighting".
I reference the widely known phrase in case someone isn't familiar with spotlighting.
I mention sarcastically that there must be another reason they freeze when they see a car at night besides suicidal ideations.
I pre-emptively explain that my rural upbringing isn't common.
Then I broke it down, which magically worked the second time....
So I know this is probably going to come off as me being a dick, but that's not what I'm trying to do. This is a very very important point that needs to be made:
If you don't understand something, ask for clarification first before assuming someone didn't read an article and throwing shade.
You personally didn't understand the connection and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that, ever. But the next step is just asking so you can understand.
Granted this isn't incredibly useful information, but because I took the time to ask what you were talking about and took a guess with what you had difficulty with and explained that, you wound up learning something.
If I had just responded in kind, we'd have just pissed each other off on Thanksgiving and learned nothing.
So next time if you read something and it doesn't click, just ask for clarification.
I didn't read the article or your reply, but in the spirit of Thanksgiving, I'm going to tell you you don't know what you are talking about.
Fair enough.
Givesomefucks really does give some fucks. Thankyou for the patient reply.