...you will ever make another comment on Less Wrong.
“ever”? No, “never”.
Wha?
In case it wasn’t clear, it was a one-off prediction and I was already correct.
In case mine wasn’t clear, it was a bad Gilbert & Sullivan joke. Deservedly downvoted. Apparently.
You need a little more context/priming or to make the joke longer for anyone to catch this. Or you need to embed it in a more substantive and sensible reply. Otherwise it will hardly ever work.
Counterexample
I’d call that a long joke, wouldn’t you?
See what I mean? I made it long and it still didn’t work. :)
I wasn’t sure, so I held off posting my reply (a decision I now regret). It would have been, “Well, hardly ever.”
“ever”? No, “never”.
Wha?
In case it wasn’t clear, it was a one-off prediction and I was already correct.
In case mine wasn’t clear, it was a bad Gilbert & Sullivan joke. Deservedly downvoted. Apparently.
You need a little more context/priming or to make the joke longer for anyone to catch this. Or you need to embed it in a more substantive and sensible reply. Otherwise it will hardly ever work.
Counterexample
I’d call that a long joke, wouldn’t you?
See what I mean? I made it long and it still didn’t work. :)
I wasn’t sure, so I held off posting my reply (a decision I now regret). It would have been, “Well, hardly ever.”