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Parent Post: Is language communication? I don't think so.
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saarnok
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6/20/2026, 6:37:38 PM
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I'm mostly a handyman these days. I can give people exact one-to-one instruction to solve their problems over the phone. Most of the time it doesn't work. Lady needed to restart her gas water heater's burner. Told her exactly how to do it. She had me come out because it wasn't working. I showed here and she said: "That's the ignitor?" The button is labeled. Just something in her head wouldn't let her push the right button. I don't think I'm being very subtle or nuanced here. Someone else's mind isn't your mind. You don't know what their precepts are. You can't predict what your words are going to mean to them.
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