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meta: I think you should invert the rules, so that if you have done it, you downvote. The winner with the most votes is then the rarest of them all
If you have done it you upvote. If you have not done it you downvote.
The point is to be the person with the most upvotes because you've not done a thing that most people have done.
That's what OP is saying. The wording could be clearer.
Essentially, if you can relate to what the comment says, then downvote.
I think you and I share the same mind, but different eyes.
If someone says "I never shot a hippo", then right now I will down vote (because I haven't shot a hippo), so then if it gets upvoted.....
OHhhhhh. It just clicked for me. Yep, you're right. It makes sense
Can someone explain this to me?
So if someone says "never have I ever eaten food", then I, a food eater, upvote it, right?
This is how I understood it.
You are correct
~~Either my reading comprehension has been turned to dust or you didnt read it~~
~~As in: Upvote, I have not done that thing~~
Edit: Seems like I can't read. I think it's called double negation?
The problem is that the "thing" is either: