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thranx on 27 June 2012
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Aielyn said:
thranx said:
oh please. can you show us how you would like it? it seems nothing pleases you here. First it was that it used an asterik, now it explains it and you complain it may be misunderstood. Please show me some examples of how it should be. This is like any other ad. Its not under handed in any way.

You may read it as that, no one else seems too.

 

Wow, so everyone else lacks the knowledge to figure out this ad? it seems like its the other way around.


Maybe you should read all the text. "with new 2 year xbox live gold contract at $14.99/month"

 

Really whats the ssue here?

How are you people capable of actually responding without first trying to understand what I'm saying? I just don't get it.

Read what I said again. I didn't say that it literally says it. I said that it carries that nuance - that is, it can be read in multiple ways, and a strict interpretation (that is, technical) favours the one that isn't actually what is going on. And it's made worse if you only read it casually.

But hey, why bother actually thinking about what I say, when it's so much easier to just call me an idiot and anti-MS? In case you didn't notice, I went into a fair amount of detail on the "with new 2 year xbox live gold contract at $14.99/month".

Have you ever heard of Crash Blossoms? They're what happens when a news headline is written in such a way that the intended meaning isn't the first one you see when you read it. Sometimes, it's so bad that they end up having to change the headline. And sometimes, the resulting meaning is the exact opposite of the intended one. That is how this reads - it's vague, and two different meanings are there depending on how you fill in the blanks.

I really do love how you are all calling me stupid and completely ignoring what I have to say. Wonderfully inclusive and mature, guys. Keep it up.


I never siad that. Perhaps you should re read my post.

 

You seem to be the only one who read it that. Everyone else seems fine with it. Anything spoken or written can multiple meaning in the enlish language. Its one of the reasons it sucks. But for the most part everyone else is on the same page. You seem to weant to read more into than is there. Hence why for the way you interpreted it you had to add another word for it to mean what you want.

 

This is nothing like that. I relevant info is there. People are not idiots, they know if somehting is half off or more there is a reason for it. Especaily if there is an asterik (which means hey look other conditons apply) and even more so whenthe conditons are written on the ad.

 

I know I haven't called you stupid. But you are hammering away at a point that no one agrees with you.  When you are the odd one it may be a time to look at your reasoning.