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If it was trite, there wouldn't be as much resistance to it. It's important to use words accurately. Contentious, controversial, unpopular, iconoclastic maybe,
by alienicecream 3y ago
If it was trite, there wouldn't be as much resistance to it. It's important to use words accurately. Contentious, controversial, unpopular, iconoclastic maybe, not trite.
- lapcat 3y ago> If it was trite, there wouldn't be as much resistance to it. How does that follow? It's a longstanding controversy. The same arguments have been made over and over again. > It's important to use words accurately. Contentious, controversial, unpopular, iconoclastic maybe, not trite. It can be both trite and controversial. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38939106 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38939106