176 sats \ 6 replies \ @Lux 19h \ on: Stacker Saloon
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5. Never make an Excuse
You must never give an excuse or a reason in response to ANY of their questions, EVER.
This shifts your status lower than theirs as you feel obligated or responsible to answer them, and give a reason for your dishonour or failings.
Latin excusare "excuse, apologize, make an excuse for, plead as an excuse; release from a charge; decline, refuse, excuse the refusal of" (source also of Spanish excusar, Italian scusare), from ex "out, away" + causa "accusation, legal action."
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interesting
"to obtain exemption or release from an obligation or duty; beg to be excused" is from mid-14c.
The weakened sense of "excuse" is attested since 1912, but technically any proof of innocence that doesn't involve being "elsewhere" is an excuse (n.) and not an alibi.
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both an alibi and an excuse are pleas. perhaps an alibi is given a stronger consideration, because it's about one party making a plea and another party providing the evidence, whereas an excuse is only one party making a plea.
recently i was suspicious of the word "please" - but it appears that it comes from "pleasure" as in "my will, my wish, my pleasure." so technically saying "please, ____" is an expression of a wish rather than a plea/request.
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So nocoiners are lowering their status anyways when they make all the stupid excuses, right? 😂😂😂😂
https://nocoinerexcuse.com/
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Bitcoin is a speculative self-fulfilling bubble invented by Stock-to-Flow model to threaten the status quo!
:)
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No, they are just ignorant. That can be cured with knowledge imparted to them.
But, it is said, “There are none so blind as those who will not see. And, there are none so deaf who will not hear.”
There is nothing you can do about these people.
Find someone with eyes and ears and inform them.
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