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12 Post author: lukeprog 21 September 2011 01:28AM

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Comment author: wedrifid 21 September 2011 01:26:15PM 2 points [-]

I would say it was the other way around.

Agree. Intelligent sounding agreement that doesn't sound awkward is hard. I find it stretches the creativity far more and all else being equal leaves you sounding less impressive than the original speaker.