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11 Post author: adamzerner 17 January 2015 11:37PM

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Comment author: Unknowns 18 January 2015 02:36:46AM 0 points [-]

Very frequently people do not find at all if you interpret them to be saying something different from what they actually meant to say, as long as you interpret them to be saying something true. They mainly mind if you interpret them to be saying something false, whether or not they actually meant to say that thing.