Sentences with the word "just" in them always work better if you drop that word. "Why don't you just add caching?" - that one word implies "I don't value your expertise or expect you to have thought this through" "Why don't you add caching?" - now we can have a conversation.
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Replying to @simonw
I notice that everyone who's retweeted/commented/liked this (except one like) is a man. Women are socialized to add "just" in their language so they don't seem too prescriptive, domineering, or overbearing (i.e., bitchy). We use it to minimize our asks.
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Replying to @abbeysuekos @simonw
That's really interesting, Abbey, especially as I think of Dudes I've known who weaponized "just" to maintain a position of superiority. Words are funny things.
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See, it never occurred to me that you *could* weaponize “just”! I wonder how many times I’ve missed digs
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Ahh! I had to read this reply to understand what @abbeysuekos was getting at. Could only see the “it’s trivial” interpretation until then.
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