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Same with everyday language. We just got used to its nuances.


Exactly. For example, there's an enormous difference between someone saying "I'd like to choke that guy" in exasperation, and someone saying "I'd like to choke that guy" while discussing the weekend's plans with their friends. People say exaggerated things all the time and it's generally understood as not expressing their genuine intent.

A popular cultural example: "I shot the clerk?". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SbI_lGPahg


> exactly

There are many different words that have different shades of meaning. For example, bird, duck, pigeon. None of that works with emojis.


Yeah, the novel bit here is only that the lógos displayed to the different parties can be materially different for technical reasons unrelated to the intent of either party. The rest is bog-standard ambiguity of language.




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