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The phrase “considered harmful” should be “considered harmful”. It’s basically an argumentation trick, raising a subjective conclusion to a neutral and objective conclusion without any qualification.



Though in this instance YouTube literally put the "harmful" label on the video. I thought the irony was appropriate.

At least I didn't say "All you need is <X>"!



I mostly hear it sarcastically nowadays.



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