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		TylerE on Sept 21, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Containership.io Shuts Down Yes. "Why you failed?" implies they did something _dumb_, as opposed to simply not doing something genius.

aae42 on Sept 21, 2019 [–]

fail "literally" means to be unsuccessful

it implies doing something dumb as much as 'not succeeding'

... which is to say, not at all

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