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Agreed, although of course the two aren't always mutually exclusive. You have to buy more food because you are running low on supplies, not because someone outside the home is making you go!

Kate Bunting
– Kate Bunting

2026-04-29 07:48:31 +00:00
Commented 2 days ago
Exactly. When you get into a forced move in a board game you would always express it as "I have to expose the bishop now", never as "I need to".

Kilian Foth
– Kilian Foth

2026-04-30 08:14:34 +00:00
Commented yesterday

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