alt Hacker NewsI'm not writing a technical paper and I refuse to write like what you're suggesting. It's just a rhetorical device!
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27183 • today at 3:39 PM
your claim would be suspect with only 1 nine, given the evidence. Like, the guy failed spectacularly.
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> It's just a rhetorical device!
It's a rhetorical device that I have yet to see used to good effect. The kind of rhetorical device that undercuts the argument rather than strengthens it.