But my point was the entire conversation before you brought up an example was “I bet this’ll happen.” Which, yeah, it’s probably not wrong—as evidenced by your proof—but it changes the entire complexion of the conversation when we’re just assuming things will happen and getting upset at the assumption.
There is nuance in my point, but what I’m saying is knocking down that burden of proof because it’s probably going to happen anyway is bad. “I bet this is gonna happen…I HATE THAT THIS IS PROBABLY HAPPENING SONEWHERE!!” is very different from someone bringing an occasion of this happening to the conversation so we can discuss how it’s fucked up that it’s happening.
It’s just different. It is. Riling people up with zero evidence and strictly on assumptions is bad. Even if we are pretty sure it’s going to be fodder for idiots. It’s a short hop to accepting stuff without evidence because it feels right…i mean, that’s already exactly what it is, but take away the likelihood and suddenly we’re dealing with a very different situation. It’s a dangerous, nuanced game, is my point.
But my point was the entire conversation before you brought up an example was “I bet this’ll happen.” Which, yeah, it’s probably not wrong—as evidenced by your proof—but it changes the entire complexion of the conversation when we’re just assuming things will happen and getting upset at the assumption.
There is nuance in my point, but what I’m saying is knocking down that burden of proof because it’s probably going to happen anyway is bad. “I bet this is gonna happen…I HATE THAT THIS IS PROBABLY HAPPENING SONEWHERE!!” is very different from someone bringing an occasion of this happening to the conversation so we can discuss how it’s fucked up that it’s happening.
It’s just different. It is. Riling people up with zero evidence and strictly on assumptions is bad. Even if we are pretty sure it’s going to be fodder for idiots. It’s a short hop to accepting stuff without evidence because it feels right…i mean, that’s already exactly what it is, but take away the likelihood and suddenly we’re dealing with a very different situation. It’s a dangerous, nuanced game, is my point.