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> [Pet peeve: nuanced is overused.] I'm used to seeing (and feeling) the inverse: people are far too likely to sum everything up into a simple, but too often w
by ergothus 8y ago
> [Pet peeve: nuanced is overused.]
I'm used to seeing (and feeling) the inverse: people are far too likely to sum everything up into a simple, but too often wrong, explanation (he says with irony) Care to explain your reasoning for why it is overused?
- karmakaze 8y agoI agree that too often sweeping statements are made and there are cases where finer details matter, and... I see it as a form of one upsmanship, like wine tasting when the term is used. Other times, it's used to suggest that there's some detective work going on when the case is not so subtle or sometimes even incorrect. Or maybe I just have a narrower definition of subtle. I also prefer to use the term for analogue things rather than discrete ones. No matter how small a discrete case is clear cut.
- tvh 8y agoI agree with you. Nuance is something you don't see acknowledged and used sufficiently. Everything is made to be black or white when it's mostly grey all of the time. At the same time, constantly staying in nuances prevents you from moving forward, so there's that.