The tragedy of this SO question is that XHTML open tags are strictly regular and a regex will match them just fine http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1732348/regex-match-open-tags-except-xhtml-self-contained-tags …
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"Why do you want to do that?" is frequently code for "I don't know how to do that."
"Why do you want to do that?" can also mean "I don't want to do that, and lack the empathy to envisage use cases other than my own"
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Common phrasing is actually "Why would you want to do that?" i.e. "I can't even conceive of your use case, let alone answer the question."
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"It's very rare for people to want to do that." WELL GUESS WHAT
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@qntm To be fair, it can also mean “there are a dozen ways to do that, help me understand your needs before I explain them all”Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@qntm “Why do you want to do that?” can also mean “Help me empathize with you”Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@qntm fact is “Why do you want to do that?” asked sincerely is important and let's not encourage the idea that it is only a dodgeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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