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		whatevsmate 81 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Better Auth, by a self-taught Ethiopian dev, raise... > is criminal No, it isn’t. Take a breath.

ARandomerDude 81 days ago [–]

The parent was using something called “figurative speech”.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure_of_speech

simplify 81 days ago | | [–]

Even figuratively, it's not criminal.

whatevsmate 81 days ago | | [–]

Indeed. Laid on too thick for my taste. Histrionic given the context.

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