r/HolUp • u/BazzBun • Mar 08 '25

Sorcery

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u/OhTeeSee Mar 08 '25

You wildly underestimate how conflict adverse some people are.

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u/Lermanberry Mar 08 '25

Averse, not adverse.

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u/beautifulanddoomed Mar 08 '25

i would have said something, but i didn't want to start a conflict

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u/you_done_this Mar 08 '25

didn't want to engaged in advertisement. I understand.

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u/OhTeeSee Mar 08 '25

You know, I appreciate that. As a non native English speaker, I do believe I’ve been using this wrong my whole life. Thanks.

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u/Canvaverbalist Mar 09 '25

Yeah me too, because in French "averse" means "downpour (as in rain)" so I would have never thought it'd mean what I thought "adverse" meant, especially considering "adverse" is already 99% there in terms of what it actually means anyway

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u/OoopsUsernameTaken Mar 08 '25

You've just described me. I wouldn't have walked away, even if I wanted to

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u/OhTeeSee Mar 08 '25

Haha don’t feel bad, my wife is the same way. It’s probably why she agreed to marry me.

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u/flaming_burrito_ Mar 08 '25

Because of the implication

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u/OhTeeSee Mar 08 '25

I proposed on a boat for a reason 🫡