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[Kagus]

When you do so, make sure to say "Stick around for a while" to it. The pun is shitty enough to provide excellent fertilizer.

[McTraveller]

I suppose it's not a question so much as a "small random observation" but here goes.

So I noticed recently lots of people talking about things like "oh that's just an opinion, everyone can have one."

I realized though that people have started using the word "opinion" to describe something that is really a hypothesis or conjecture, not an opinion.

So an opinion is something like "Oh I don't like that flavor" or "I prefer Foo over Bar."  These are non-refutable, completely personal things.  And importantly, opinions cannot be wrong.

Something like "Everyone is out to get me" or "If you can work hard you will succeed" are not opinions - they are testable conjectures about some situation.  Calling these statements "opinions" is nefarious - it puts them in a category of "oh you should just let people have their opinion."

If, however, we treat them as they are - in fact, conjectures - then they can indeed be wrong.  We should call people out on that stuff!  Or at least challenge them to think about how to confirm the conjecture.

[dragdeler]

lol what's that black mirror episode where they scold the kids with reminding them "exactitude of language"? Seemed unironically based and desirable.

Good luck buddy.

[Maximum Spin]

I suppose it's not a question so much as a "small random observation" but here goes.

So I noticed recently lots of people talking about things like "oh that's just an opinion, everyone can have one."

I realized though that people have started using the word "opinion" to describe something that is really a hypothesis or conjecture, not an opinion.

So an opinion is something like "Oh I don't like that flavor" or "I prefer Foo over Bar."  These are non-refutable, completely personal things.  And importantly, opinions cannot be wrong.

Something like "Everyone is out to get me" or "If you can work hard you will succeed" are not opinions - they are testable conjectures about some situation.  Calling these statements "opinions" is nefarious - it puts them in a category of "oh you should just let people have their opinion."

If, however, we treat them as they are - in fact, conjectures - then they can indeed be wrong.  We should call people out on that stuff!  Or at least challenge them to think about how to confirm the conjecture.

Most people are not empiricists. What you define as conjecture is, in practice, usually an opinion about some premise. Both of your examples contain a lot of ambiguity about which people can justifiably disagree, and the first one also contains obvious hyperbole that nobody would mean literally (even if you feel like everyone is out to get you, you don't literally think that includes Andamanese tribals who have never heard of you or even your whole country).

Trying to apply your own worldview to this and "call people out on that stuff" or even "challenge them" is going to result in a lot of people hating you, rather justifiably, for not being willing to take the time to understand what they mean.

[McTraveller]

But is that a matter of opinion, or a matter of fact.   

[Maximum Spin]

But is that a matter of opinion, or a matter of fact.   

There are definitely premises involved that you could have opinions on!

I disagree that opinions can't be wrong, anyway. If you don't like that flavor, you're wrong and you should feel bad and go get a new, better tongue.

[ZBridges]

What are some of the best Quests to read on SpaceBattles?

[Frumple]

They have a fairly robust search filter... best guess would be to search for stuff with >100k words or sort by thread views or posts, so you can find the ones that actually drew enough attention to stick it out for a while. Don't pay much attention to quests, personally, but you're not going to go terribly wrong with that heuristic. Could also give a gander for actually complete ones.

... that said, it's kinda' weird to be asking that here, hah. You'd probably have much better luck actually asking somewhere over on SB. There's folks on B12 that use SB (and SV _{^{and QQ}}), but it's a much smaller selection of individuals than you'd find on the actual sites in question.

[dragdeler]

Did somebody manage to login before Jifodus?

[Frumple]

Wouldn't even know how to check. Can only assume jifo was the only one that managed to stay logged in while the forum was down, heh.

[Magmacube_tr]

Did somebody manage to login before Jifodus?

Don't utter the name of The Eternal Lurker! He might hear, or worse, respond.

[King Zultan]

Jifodus doing something other than lurk is one of the signs of the apocalypse isn't it?

[Frumple]

Nah, they post every once in a while. Not a sign of the apocalypse, just a blue moon type dealio.

[dragdeler]

My favourite neighbourhood cat has one eeye entirely obstructed by white discharge. How bad is it? She allmost let me wipe it but it's a nervous and shy cat it took me years to touch her. I don't think I could find a way to abduct a cat that is technically not mine. No car no cat container... Leave it and pray, or do I need to be reckless, take her inside a small room and wipe that shit off? What if the eye below it all fucked up? The way she was weary of the hedge makes me think maybe she poked her eye with a stick.

[dragdeler]

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That's a thorn right? What do I do. I don't want it to affect my own health outcomes I don't consider myself fully healed what if she goes nuts on me that's so delicate