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0 pointshueving9y ago0 comments

>Regarding missed promises, if you're saying that as if to suggest that what he's promised isn't nonetheless coming true

So you're saying that, if I promise you I'll give you a thousand dollars in a week but then I give it to you in two years, I haven't broken a promise?

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aerovistae9y ago

I'm saying if you promise me you'll get to Mars in a week, and do it in 10 years instead, I'll still consider you a pretty astonishing person.

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0 pointshueving9y ago0 comments

>Regarding missed promises, if you're saying that as if to suggest that what he's promised isn't nonetheless coming true

So you're saying that, if I promise you I'll give you a thousand dollars in a week but then I give it to you in two years, I haven't broken a promise?

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aerovistae9y ago

I'm saying if you promise me you'll get to Mars in a week, and do it in 10 years instead, I'll still consider you a pretty astonishing person.

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