• Neato@ttrpg.networkEnglish
    3·
    10 months ago

    I’ve always got to invert the double negatives to parse crap like this:

    I probably would use an instance if it was federated to Threads.

    Not exactly the same meaning, but it gets you on the right side of the negatives.

    • SwagGaribaldi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      10 months ago

      Yup, that’s what I meant, but like you said, it doesn’t carry the exact same meaning if I wrote it like that

    • h14h@midwest.socialEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      Best way to address this is to reword a bit:

      I probably would not use avoid using an instance that wasn’t federated to Threads

      Using “not” twice in a single sentence is generally something worth avoiding IMO.

    • ProgrammingSocks
      1·
      10 months ago

      I understood the meaning. I was clarifying the point OP was trying to make because I 100% disagree with it as worded.