In this example the “exception” that proves the rule though was not a smarty-pants special circumstance. Using AI for shopping is just one of its many normal usages and if anything proves it is used by normal people doing normal things. It’s not like the rare example that happens once in a hundred years.
replyOk but I’m not sure the relevance here? Everyone has unique needs, if they want to get specific enough. The promise of AI here is that anyone can get as absurdly specific as they want, instead of accepting whatever advertising bucket they’d be traditionally sorted into.
replyFair enough, I can buy that. I feel like in most cases where I've heard it it wasn't nearly so clear cut, so that logic wasn't obvious and it sounded like nonsense
reply(Also that story is nuts! https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesna_Vulovi%C4%87)
This exactly.
replyPeople on this website are so fucking pedantic and argumentative over the most obvious or inconsequential minutiae it drives me nuts.
Comparing the tone of your message with its parent, do you not see the irony?
replyYeah, better to be passive aggressive and faux-intellectual so as not to throw off the usual HN vibe.
replyOkay, I'll be directly aggressive. They were helpful and added thoughtful discussion, while your response added nothing but bitterness
replyThat they were responding to someone else who couldn't see how it worked means it wasn't just pedantic nitpicking
I concur. I found this discussion on the phrase very enlightening and aided both my understanding of the idiom and how I should use it in the future.
replyI'm not really 100% certain this is the correct or only meaning, for what it's worth, so don't take me as authority. It's just the common thread I've been able to gather from context over time. If you're gonna use it (I rarely do) it'd be worth researching it to make sure you're using it correctly...
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reply>It's not personal.
replyI didn't say it was personal, I said it was irritating.