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Author: Rick Moen
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] I'm not going to respond to messages like that.
Quoting golinux@??? (golinux@???):

> Communication often gets lost in 'translation' especially across
> cultures but sometimes even within the same culture. Rick's posts
> often contain subtle language that could challenge even native
> speakers.


I thank you very much -- and have to try to remember, when addressing a
multilingual audience, to curb my desire to be clever. (Author John
Scalzi's well-known saying should serve as a warning to me: 'The
failure mode of clever is "asshole."'
https://whatever.scalzi.com/2010/06/16/the-failure-state-of-clever/ )