• Dasus@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    can either be allowing it or simply not disallowing it

    Exactly.

    When I go take a shit, did you allow it, or not disallow it? Neither, because you have no agency over me, so it’d be a stupid fucking sentence.

    I’m not saying he thinks he owns his daughters like some 16th century inbred minor noble.

    But connotations and implications can exist even when they weren’t particularly intentional by the writer (or speaker.)

    • x00z@lemmy.world
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      2 hours ago

      I let you waste my time but somehow I’m implying I own you.

      Sure buddy.

      • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        2 hours ago

        You’re welcome for not disallowing you to post this. I will also allow you to reply with something snarky if you like.