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trof

(54,273 posts)
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 08:02 PM Feb 2021

Is "self-deleted by author" redundant?

I mean, if it's 'self-deleted' doesn't it just stand to reason that the author deleted it?

Also, I'm always consumed by curiosity.
What was the post?
Why did you delete it?
We need answers.

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Is "self-deleted by author" redundant? (Original Post) trof Feb 2021 OP
it should state: Crazyleftie Feb 2021 #1
From the Department of Redundancy Department. trof Feb 2021 #8
As a senior I appreciate repeated reinforcing redundancies for clarity and memory IA8IT Feb 2021 #2
There's a fine line between redundancy Oldem Feb 2021 #3
take it up with the Department of Redundancy Department... dhill926 Feb 2021 #4
There is a government agency that oversees this issue SCantiGOP Feb 2021 #5
Exactly, trof! lillypaddle Feb 2021 #6
Self-deleted by my ghostwriter JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2021 #7
As the opposite to deleted by jurors or in the old days moderators question everything Feb 2021 #9

SCantiGOP

(14,238 posts)
5. There is a government agency that oversees this issue
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 10:05 PM
Feb 2021

The U.S. Department of Redundancy Department

(credit to Firesign Theater, from the late 1960s.)

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