BloodyShrimp comments on “And that’s okay": accepting and owning reality - Less Wrong

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Comment author: BloodyShrimp 29 July 2014 08:26:49PM 2 points [-]

It sort of fits an (not very common) idiomatic pattern where the compliment is empty-to-sarcastic, but it seems pretty obvious that you didn't intend it that way, and I can't actually think of any examples I learned the idiom from.

Comment author: Friendly-HI 29 July 2014 08:39:33PM 3 points [-]

I get it. Makes sense, actually now that you point it out I think I've also seen this phrase employed as a "pseudo-compliment". Rest assured that it wasn't intended that way.

Comment author: Benquo 30 July 2014 01:05:28PM 1 point [-]

I figured it wasn't.