• 1rre@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 year ago

    Exact and false numbers given as proportions aren’t hyperbole, they’re misrepresentations, ie lies.

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      1 year ago

      “Say you’re in a room”

      It’s literally at the start of the post. Anyone who has eyes and can read now understands this is hypothetical

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          It’s a hypothetical. Not misinformation. It’s a hypothetical argument meant to make a philosophical point, not to be a case study on sociological statistics

          You fucking dipshits getting hung up on the wrong thing means you don’t have enough brain cells to process the argument at hand.