I’m confused why people keep thinking “not a native speaker” is a bad/unkind assumption, whereas from my perspective that is the most charitable plausible explanation of titotal’s repeated posting behavior (and the only one that makes me think it might be worthwhile to continue engaging with them). Every other explanation I could come up with is less flattering.
Tbh I’d rather go to sleep rather than litigate this case further, but sure.
The main issue is frequent aggressive misreadings. To give a few examples that I feel less emotional about now:
See this comment, and then doubling down here. I struggle to see how a native speaker could’ve misunderstood me.
At the time people challenged me when I suggested titotal use Google Translate. I was cowardly and retracted my comment, which I now regret.
See also here: “there is no guarantee that your co-workers are good housemates just because they are EA”: arguments for a lack of a sufficiency condition seems bizarre since no one could plausibly make a positive sufficiency case (as opposed to eg a correlational case, or Pablo’s reply).
ETA: see also here, which at the time I held my tongue,
I’m confused why people keep thinking “not a native speaker” is a bad/unkind assumption, whereas from my perspective that is the most charitable plausible explanation of titotal’s repeated posting behavior (and the only one that makes me think it might be worthwhile to continue engaging with them). Every other explanation I could come up with is less flattering.
Are you able to clarify what the issue with titotal’s posts is?
Tbh I’d rather go to sleep rather than litigate this case further, but sure.
The main issue is frequent aggressive misreadings. To give a few examples that I feel less emotional about now:
See this comment, and then doubling down here. I struggle to see how a native speaker could’ve misunderstood me.
At the time people challenged me when I suggested titotal use Google Translate. I was cowardly and retracted my comment, which I now regret.
See also here: “there is no guarantee that your co-workers are good housemates just because they are EA”: arguments for a lack of a sufficiency condition seems bizarre since no one could plausibly make a positive sufficiency case (as opposed to eg a correlational case, or Pablo’s reply).
ETA: see also here, which at the time I held my tongue,