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A sweeping generalization can't be made with one word -- there has to be some context which applies that generalization to the totality of the overall subject.
by bryans 5y ago
A sweeping generalization can't be made with one word -- there has to be some context which applies that generalization to the totality of the overall subject. Unfortunately, neither of the words you capitalized are absolutes or sweeping generalizations, they're individual words within long sentences representing a totality of a targeted subset.
There ARE MANY categories of games where the mechanics are PURELY REPETITIVE TASKS, such as Bejeweled. So when I say there are "huge swaths of the gaming industry which are based ENTIRELY on repetitive tasks," I'm not making a generalization, I'm talking about a specific subset of the gaming industry which is literally defined by repetitive tasks.
And when I say "all of those gamers" are happy playing games they enjoy, it's because they're literally enjoying the games, otherwise they wouldn't be playing them. That's not an "absolute" being applied to the entire population, it's a comment on how people like things that they like and will spend money on those things, as evidenced by the billions of dollars spent on those particular game categories.
Neither of my original comments were difficult to comprehend, and your trolling is unwelcome.
- hypertele-Xii 5y ago> And when I say "all of those gamers" are happy playing games they enjoy, it's because they're literally enjoying the games, otherwise they wouldn't be playing them. Once again, your statement is false and easily provable by simple thought exercise. Imagine I am threatening you at gunpoint to play my game. There, you are now playing it for some other reason than because you're literally enjoying it.