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I think the root issue is that the word “love” in English has far too many meanings. When you “love” a company, it’s not the same as “loving” your wife. And “
by dartos 2y ago
I think the root issue is that the word “love” in English has far too many meanings.
When you “love” a company, it’s not the same as “loving” your wife.
And “loving” your wife is different, still, than “loving” your brother or best friend.
- snapcaster 2y agoPeople do this with every subject. Do you think X is bad because in every case you've seen it's caused harm to people? Well, he says smugly have you considered this imaginary case where X isn't actually bad? actively subtracts from any serious conversation about a topic
- dartos 2y agoDid you reply to the wrong comment? I don’t see the connection, sorry.
- snapcaster 2y agoWhat i'm saying is my original comment was calling out a specific thing where people fixate on edge cases for no reason. "love" is not the issue here since it's general case we see even when that word isn't involved