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lol it’s so absurdly passively aggressively phrased nobody is buying it. This dude wants to debate if public really is a synonym of open or not, when the GP said “almost oxymoronic” what a mind job


Isn't the GP you? You said "almost oxymoronic". Also, I'd expect the offices of the Tax Authority to be public property, but I wouldn't expect to be able to visit any of them any time I wanted, so "public" very concretely does not mean "open", it just means "owned by the commons".



I'll look at the thesaurus if I'm writing, thanks. For looking up the meaning of words, I use a dictionary.


https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/oxymo...

Look let’s split the difference since we’re down to semantics. I’ll take the “oxy”, you can keep the “moron”, and we’ll go our separate ways.


The sheer idiocy of trying to teach a Greek what "oxymoron" means tells me that I probably shouldn't waste the crayons it takes to explain things to you.


The sheer idiot Greek who thinks that race gives him more credibility in a debate (excuse me, petty squabble) on semantics than actual dictionary and thesaurus citations, both of which clearly disprove his ludicrous arguments.

Have a blessed day my friend.


The only one who comes across like they're mad and looking for a fight is you. Try going for a walk and calm down.




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