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Old 01-28-2021, 10:50 AM   #71
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Originally Posted by Jay Random View Post
You said the topic does not deserve a thread. And your so-called clarification amounts to saying, ‘I didn't actually mean what I said, I meant something else and I'm not telling you what it is.’
I think you are quibbling. Here is exactly what Jiri said:

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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina View Post
...Not worthy of thread-dedicated praise yet. Trending in the right way, but they should be held to a higher bar.
I get how you read it, but it is also equally appropriate to understand the clause exactly as Jiri has qualified it: "thread dedicated praise" is a description of the level of enthusiasm invested in the topic, and not necessarily the topic itself. Besides, he has left himself open also to the possibility of that changing in the near future.
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