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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 0 points 16 hours ago

Also, try not to take my words out of context.

Clarify the part where you said it's like when you were back in college.

The hard part here is that while you get a chance to restate your point, readers may already expect this one to sound belittling and you'll have to try harder so this one also doesn't sound like you're calling people naive.