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Comment by Izkata

2 days ago

> and how hard it is in English to distinguish between "I have zero want for x" and "I have negative want for x"

"I do not want to X"

"I want to not X"

These are both pretty natural English constructions, though the second is usually used as a retort for clarification after saying the first but meaning the second.

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Izkata

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aspenmayer  2 days ago

“I would prefer not to.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartleby,_the_Scrivener

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