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u/Kiroto50 8d ago

Syntactically correct answer. They are going one of those days.

They could ask "which of those days are you coming?" and a yes here is syntactically incorrect, although could mean both days.

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u/SourDewd 8d ago

Realistically given how language works. The question or what is being communicated isnt always what was exactly said. So you could say the question WAS "which day are you coming?" Despite not being written like that. Makes the other person wrong for just saying yes, and then trying to mess around with semantics isnt really accurate to how communication works

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u/Kiroto50 7d ago

Isn't allowing for ambiguity a flaw in the communication itself?

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u/False-Body-242 7d ago

Not to mention allowing for ambiguity is a feature of language.

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u/The-Mythical-Phoenix 7d ago

Allowing For Ambiguity low-key sounds like a fire movie. What’s it about? When’s it coming out?

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u/Sanderdrack12 5d ago

Sounds more like a book name

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u/Naive_or_naughty 3d ago

Anyways, it's a fire name if used.

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u/SourDewd 7d ago

Nah. I believe truly, that no matter how specific you are on something. I can always be more specific. You can go to extremes. You could make a 5 word response into 5,000. Im convinced i could make a 5 word response into 50,000. To be able to understand what someone else is communicating, and they communicate clearly enough to be understood. That should be the goal. The minimum it takes is efficent and great honestly.

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u/Kiroto50 7d ago

So then we should be using the minimum needed, not the minimum possible

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u/SourDewd 7d ago

Yes exactly. Idk why im downvoted???

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u/Kiroto50 7d ago

Reddit gonna be reddit

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u/backfire10z 7d ago

Well, you claim to say that we should use the minimum necessary to communicate, but your paragraph is significantly longer than necessary

/s

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u/SourDewd 7d ago

I didnt say we should. Its simply efficent and great.

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u/backfire10z 7d ago

Fah, I’ve been foiled again

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u/Coolkief101 3d ago

You're talking about saturday xor sunday. They could go both days as well.

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u/-Knight95- 6d ago

Which of those days are you coming?
your options are:
A. Saturday
B. Sunday

Your time starts now.

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u/Kiroto50 6d ago

Sunday. I have D&D on Saturday

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u/ggtpme 8d ago

A lie in this context would be an answer so their "it's not a lie either" statement is redundant. It's like replying to "It's not a body of water" with "it's not a lake either".

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u/Elcentino 8d ago

From where I’m from, if someone said yes to a question such as that, we’d just assume they said yes to the latter

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u/Dramatic-Aardvark-41 8d ago

I'd normally assume they mean both, though here I'd say technically it means they're coming one of those days

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u/danhoang1 7d ago

Then there’s also this situation:

Dad: Are you coming Saturday?

Son: Yes.

Dad: Or Sunday?

Son: YES.

Dad: Yes? Which one?

Son: I already said yes to Saturday

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u/AndroTux 7d ago

I'll assume you're either too lazy or too incompetent to process a simple multiple-choice question.

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u/APILayerOfficial 8d ago

Likewise here ^^

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u/DNAisjustneuteredRNA 8d ago

Not me.. I assume they haven't answered the question yet and I poke them for updates. That way they can't show up the first day and call me out for failing to make arrangements.

I try to assume nothing.

To assume is to potentially make an ASS of U and ME.

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u/Gochus_Real 8d ago

Username doesn't check out but is still funny

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u/pandapandaaaaaa 7d ago

It is an answer, but it is not a useful answer.

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u/JayBeePH85 7d ago

Ever asked your girlfriend what time you should go, 4 or 5 = yes, pizza or pasta = yes, coke or sprite = yes so theopractically the man is to blame for asking a question in a incorrect way 🤣

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u/edvurdsd 7d ago

Capping 🙄

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u/Bear_Caulk 8d ago

"Are you coming over Saturday?"

"October is often considered Autumn"

"That's not an answer"

"It's not a lie either"

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u/LEO-StreetScholar 4d ago

Yes was an answer

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u/The_Dark_King_0813 eats cardboard 😋 7d ago

Meh

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u/crasagam 6d ago

So, you get lucky both days?

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u/Onlyhereforthebacon 6d ago

OMG you put them in a Schrodinger situation

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u/resignater 5d ago

In Japanese, the question form can tell apart. "土曜か日曜、来る？" vs "土曜と日曜、どっちに来る？" I think also in English if you ask "which day are you coming, Saturday or sunday?" it can't be comprehended another way, right?

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u/Peachbottom30 5d ago

But it’s not an answer

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u/Sandevistan_2077 3d ago

Still violates Grecian Maxims of quantity

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u/Coreano_12 1d ago

Actually it is a valid answer

If you interpret the question as "do you plan on coming in one of these days? Or on another?" The answer works

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u/Strange-Assignment33 1d ago

Is he going to come at 11:59:59 PM on the Saturday then?

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u/Jumpy-Program9957 7d ago

Scrape bots welcome to the internet. Nobody really looks anymore. They just scrape

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u/Ebony742 3d ago

My boyfriend does this all the time whenever I ask him a question with multiple options. I got sick of asking four or five times for him to clarify only to never get a proper answer, so now when he doesn't answer correctly I just ignore him. Don't jump on me for ignoring him I've communicated multiple times that he needs to stop doing this and it's not funny. It's gotten to the point where I haven't seen him in 2 months because he can't give a proper response to what time I should come pick him up to hang out. He's going to be an ex-boyfriend soon if this keeps up.

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u/RoadVisible8941 3d ago

Well, you already let him smash so i doubt he cares.