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Originally Posted by Rjinn
How is "like an idiot" indirect? It seems to still imply a label directly to the user comparing them to an idiot. I don't really see the difference between are one and like one.
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I think they're very different.
If someone says to me 'stop acting like a prick' it has very different connotations to them saying to me 'you are a prick'.