• Feathercrown@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    I don’t get why people think saying things like “REPEAT THAT OUT LOUD” makes their point better. Let the horror speak for itself, it’s plenty capable of doing so.

    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      9 hours ago

      To be fair, given the apparent average reading comprehension of most social media users, it probably does actually make a difference

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        7 hours ago

        Social media users on text platforms are probably above average on reading skills. I’m convinced the average person is only semi literate, and there’s a shocking amount of people who can barely read at all.

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        8 hours ago

        I mean when it’s something really obvious that the entire audience already knows it’s just obnoxious

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          6 hours ago

          I feel it’s only obnoxious because it’s uncreative. Theyre just using a template meme which feels low effort.

        • 🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.world
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          8 hours ago

          if you’re right and the audience knows it’s obnoxious, why do you repeat yourself? or using rethorical tools is ok when you’re using them?

          honestly, it’s such a non issue.

              • Feathercrown@lemmy.world
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                6 hours ago

                I kinda just wanted to see what would happen if I did that lmao

                (Also it does meaningfully change the tone of the message)

                • 🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.world
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                  6 hours ago

                  Yes it does, that is the point of rhetorical tools. otherwise imagine if it was costumery to send messages as succinctly as possible without any fluff or emotional tone. Communicating would be a pain.

                  My rule of thumb, if complaining about something annoying is even more annoying than the thing I am complaining about, it is not worth complaining about.

                  • Feathercrown@lemmy.world
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                    5 hours ago

                    Can I claim your complaint about me complaining is therefore the most annoying and so I win the comment chain?