I suspect you are confused but the intended connotations are hidden behind too much indirection to be sure. I acknowledge the social benefit of strategic vagueness (I believe you refer to it as ‘hint culture’) but in this case I do not consider it a behaviour to be encouraged.
I suspect you are confused but the intended connotations are hidden behind too much indirection to be sure. I acknowledge the social benefit of strategic vagueness (I believe you refer to it as ‘hint culture’) but in this case I do not consider it a behaviour to be encouraged.