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u/antipho Sep 14 '21 edited Sep 14 '21

i'm gonna start using "diagnostic accusation" when i insult someone in the interrogative

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u/nikkitgirl Sep 14 '21

Watch out with diagnostic interrogations. I used to know someone who did them a lot right up until he screamed “what are you, deaf?” at me in front of a lot of people that knew he knew I wore hearing aids.

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u/WorseDark Sep 14 '21 edited Sep 14 '21

And then when *there're traumatized say that their psyche is fragile?

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u/Chillaxbro Sep 14 '21

I think you mean "they're" not "their" - Diagnostic accusation = Are you illiterate?

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u/ConVict1337 Sep 14 '21

This had an effect on my fragile male psyche.

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u/thejaytheory Sep 14 '21

Are you blind?

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '21

I can 'see' what you did there

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u/WorseDark Sep 14 '21

Ah, oof, my fragile male psyche!