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Do you speak Dutch? Anyway that 95% number seems also fetched from your personal experience, because the meaning of 'chill', in my experience, is just too diffe
by stinos 3y ago
Do you speak Dutch? Anyway that 95% number seems also fetched from your personal experience, because the meaning of 'chill', in my experience, is just too different for that.
Here's an example which (again, for me) doesn't quite fit: when talking about a party with music and dancing and saying it is 'chill' we'd mean that it was relaxed, enough space to dance, no drunk idiots, fun overall, and so on. We might add to it that it was 'gezellig', not use instead, but then we'd mean there were also lot of friends around and/or new friends being made. While there's a link with being chill, they could just as well be orthogonal. Like 'it was gezellig but too bad it was so crowded' means it wasn't chill at all.
- alexfromapex 3y agoThanks for providing an example, that's what I was wondering about. I don't need to speak Dutch to make a valid argument, based on the synonymous examples already observed, that is a genetic fallacy. Yes, 95% number was contrived for the sake of conversation, based on the article. ChatGPT estimated it's actually around 70%. Sounds like its meaning is incredibly nebulous but maybe a blending of chill and friendly.
- Aeolun 3y ago> I don't need to speak Dutch to make a valid argument Technically not, but practically it really helps your chances of being correct. Without knowing both languages you’re more or less guessing.
- alexfromapex 3y agoCorrect. Which is why I posed it in the form of a question.