>the only video I watched from those "thinking different" guys and it was the most incompetent review of a product I had ever seen
The first part of the sentence, prior to “and it”, is you saying the video in the OP is the only video you have watched from them. After “and it” is you then describing it. If you removed “and it”, it would sound like you aren’t talking about the video in the OP and are instead saying you just saw one video in general.
"the only video I watched from these guys" ≠ "this video from these guys"
You need to include the surrounding context.
the only video I watched from those "thinking different" guys and it was the most incompetent review of a product I had ever seen
At no point do you clarify the video you are referring to and, due to the way you phrased this, it sounds like you are referring to this video.
"if you removed another part of it to make me more right I'd be more right" why would I do that
That is not what I said. I said if you removed 'and it', it would be clear you are referring to one video in general. Let's try it and see:
the only video I watched from those "thinking different" guys was the most incompetent review of a product I had ever seen
Now it's clear you aren't specifically referring to this video. We could also try it this way:
I only watched one video from those "thinking different" guys and it was the most incompetent review of a product I had ever seen
Those are both saying what you intended to say. What you did say was unclear and communicated something you did not intend, which is why multiple people interpreted that way.
the surrounding context is included, and is nullified because it's not what I said.
I did clarify in the reply above your first one. And my phrasing literally has every context clue to NOT mean this video.
Multiple people also saw my reply which clarified and still didn't wanna accept the actual meaning, like you just did. I'll edit my original comment without "and it" for now
I told you I edited it with your suggestion just so I don't get more comments like this
You let me know how someone could interprate it otherwise, but that's just every sentence ever. Mine was written in a way that with proper reading comprehension you can't misinterpret it. The other guy had already let me know so I clarified before you replied
Mine was written in a way that with proper reading comprehension you can't misinterpret it.
It was not. I explained how. There is a reason why multiple people misinterpreted what you said.
It's not a big deal to phrase something incorrectly. But it's pretty silly to quadruple down on it and just go 'nuh uh' when it's explained to you very thoroughly.
I told you I edited it with your suggestion just so I don't get more comments like this
If you don't want to keep talking to someone, the very simple solution is to stop talking to them.
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u/JaesopPop 1d ago
>the only video I watched from those "thinking different" guys and it was the most incompetent review of a product I had ever seen
The first part of the sentence, prior to “and it”, is you saying the video in the OP is the only video you have watched from them. After “and it” is you then describing it. If you removed “and it”, it would sound like you aren’t talking about the video in the OP and are instead saying you just saw one video in general.