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> He appears to behave as if it's your fault if when you paraphrase what you think he's said back to him is not something he wants to agree with.

I don't think that's unique to JP. Most people are very bad at paraphrasing without veering into misrepresentation. I'm still working on getting better.



That's not what I said. ROFL


> That's not what I said.

Yes, it is. I quoted you and the source post is unmodified.

Ironically, my interpretation may not be what you meant, despite it's simplicity.

>> IMHO, you haven't understood someone if you can't repeat it back to them in your own language, and there's a good probability that this is the fault of the explainer not the explainee.

So I guess we just talk past each other. Sounds good.


The internet is not the best medium for satire I suppose. Hence the ROFL for emphasis.




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