But they don't care as much about getting the ruling right in the first place? Is the timer on an appeal as precisely administered as a competiton timer, or is it handled with the same attention to detail as correctly scoring a routine?
Have you tried Driving 4 Answers? He goes more into the engineering side of things, but he's got a great presentation style. He's kind of like the Technology Connections of automotive information.
This is absolutely not equivalent to the paradox of intolerance. Taking the stance of "you're wrong to wish such torture upon anyone for any reason" almost immediately before wishing such torture upon someone is, by even the most generous interpretation, blatant hypocrisy.
I agree with all you've said, and I tend to add both systems when expressing a meaningful measurement. My statement is pointed more towards situations where someone hasn't done so and it throws some poor soul into a meltdown.
Counterpoint: there is no continent named "America." "North American," "South American," and even "Central American," or "Latin American," for added specificity, are completely sufficient demonyms for the denizens of the continents (and subreigon) writ large.
I don't think in metric, and there's a strong possibility that I never will. I came of age in an educational system that taught metric units alongside imperial, but also in a day-to-day world that heavily skews towards imperial units.
If I see metric units that I can't immediately interpret in my head, it's absolutely trivial for me to get the conversion by other means. It's equally as trivial for someone who uses metric to make the opposite conversion.
Anyone losing their shit about it is acting performatively.
I'll indulge you one more time in this comment chain.
Or is this one of those situations where you think the
world runs on "should" and not "is?"
If I were as inclined to feign offense, I'd cite this as an implication that I'm someone who cannot differentiate reality from fantasy. Some might even call such an implication a thinly veiled insult, but only if they didn't intend to throw rocks before hiding their hands.
Instead of interpreting it in such a way and clutching my pearls about it, I chose to meet you with the same energy.
Your point regarding the communities you moderate is 1) irrelevant and 2) not a road worth going down, regardless. It's at best an attempt at a flex, and does not belong in this conversation.
Back to the actual matter, every statement you've made in these comments, barring your most recent response, absolutely exhibits a dictionary definition defeatist viewpoint. Why take umbrage to having it pointed out as such?
This marks the end of my engagement with you in this chain of comments. Any further responses you make are for your own gratification.
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