If you say yes, it can be interpreted as “yes I mind” or “yes, I give you permission”, if you say no, it can be interpreted as “no, I don’t give you permission” or “no, I dont mind”. You always end up having to clarify.
‘Fuck you/off/that’ = don’t do it. ‘Whatever’ = go ahead.
I think this is where the weird German “doch”, that i really can’t get my head around, might be useful.
One word: Don’t.
One word: Proceed
Reply in the negative: “Yes, fuck off.”
Reply in the affirmative: “No, go ahead.”
I mean, those all sound like good ways to answer. Sometimes a single word response just isn’t sufficient.
It would be sufficient to say yes or no if people didn’t insist on asking in a negative way. Why not say “can i” or “would it be okay if i” instead of asking in such a way that yes means no
And this is why double negatives are in general frowned upon in the English language, because they make the content much more difficult to understand.
That’s exactly how cops tend to entrap people.ask questions that can be either way and that way they always get the answer they want even if you didn’t mean It like that.
Go for it. / I wouldn’t do that
I often say “go ahead”. I still find it annoying I can’t just say yes or no without risk of it being misinterpreted
You have innumerable replies. Of course there’s a good way. It’s as simple as ‘yes, I mind’ or ‘no, I don’t mind’.
Why would you limit yourself to just yes or no, the obviously confusing answers?
“go for it”
I’ve always found that “DO NOT DO THAT” works pretty well. :-)
Do you mind if I do not do that?
Unless you’re a character trapped in a logic problem that dictates that you can only answer yes or no, I can see that being a problem.
But, for anyone existing in the real world, you can always just say exactly what you mean.
This is my private domicile and I will not be harassed, BITCH!
The question is do you mind, with minding as the subject of the question. Answering yes or no is perfectly acceptable.
Be mindful: this is a common cop trick to manufacture consent.
But people often interpret it the opposite way you mean it
People interpret it any way they want. You’re gonna meet people with different levels of comprehension in life. For those people you elaborate. Yes I mind, no I do not mind. Done.
“Yes, I do mind! Drop the fucking mouse, I said we’re listening to Melodic Noise!” There, should cover all the bases!
Edit: shitty idea no. 2 would be to go the passive-aggressive pedantic asshole route, where you just say “sure” then throw a fit when they go ahead and do that, and start spewing semantics at them.
“yes. I do mind”
“No. I don’t mind”
