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Anne at Millrace

@neil This! Exactly the same in the translation field. "Could you just...". Re-casting and correcting the whole thing takes twice as long.

30 November at 8:03 | Wall-to-wall | Open on ioc.exchange
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Max

@annehargreaves @neil in my experience, any question that starts with "could you just..." ends up being anything but "just...".

30 November at 10:43 | Open on toet.dnzm.nl
Nudeln Al Dente

@max @annehargreaves @neil To quote a friend of a friend, "That 'just' is doing an awful lot of heavy lifting."

30 November at 10:56 | Open on mstdn.social
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