Buzz words of OT

You have the "smart people are always insecure and apologizing about communicating their opinions" part of Dunning-Kruger. I mean that sincerely.
 
Thats objectively false, (how are you using the word "the" here? :huh:)

Try again.
You should've written it as 'That's'. Grammar phail! Try again.
 
I'd never heard of the DK effect before this , but the world could do with a big dose of this aspect of it

That assumes most people in the world are intelligent, which despite having very different viewpoints, most people agree on.

(For Takhisis: try again!) :lol:
 
You think a lol emoticon is gonna make me desist? Try again.
 
Only bigots would complain about the use of a certain word. Try again.
 
Ostensibly.
It's one of these English weasel words where I've never bothered to look up the direct German equivalent. I only translate it to "weasel word" ;)

Emoticons are also very useful. Insulting people + :p = I'm not a dick! Making unfounded claims + :lol: = instant feeling of superiority!
 
the :rolleyes: smiley used to get used a lot more in the past, seems to have fallen out of fashion.

:hatsoff: , once so often used by the hard left on this forum, is another smiley that has fallen out of fashion.

Oh and "ostensibly" is a great word :mad:
 
It's one of these English weasel words where I've never bothered to look up the direct German equivalent. I only translate it to "weasel word" ;)

Emoticons are also very useful. Insulting people + :p = I'm not a dick! Making unfounded claims + :lol: = instant feeling of superiority!

It's actually a damned awesome word.
 
It's one of these English weasel words where I've never bothered to look up the direct German equivalent. I only translate it to "weasel word" ;)
It's angeblich. Actually a great word, especially when describing so many of the posts in this forum (which tend to be either totally unfounded or based on outright lying).

I like to think I've played a role in popularizing that word here - although I didn't start using it extensively, here or in RL, until after my RL group of friends in high school started seeding conversations with it.
 
I realise I just started a post with "that's all well and good , but" . Not a hugely popular buzz phrase , but after I wrote it I realized I was actually saying "fair enough , I'll give you some credit and instead of addressing your creditworthy points , I'll just go back and reiterate mine in some other way"
 
Now you're just perpetuating the very self-same problem as you complain about.

Try again.

Was my facetiousness not blatant enough? Maybe I should add more smilies.

Spoiler :
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A failure -- the last life breath of a dying organization.

That sort of thing.

the :rolleyes: smiley used to get used a lot more in the past, seems to have fallen out of fashion.

:hatsoff: , once so often used by the hard left on this forum, is another smiley that has fallen out of fashion.

Oh and "ostensibly" is a great word :mad:

Both are regular parts of my repertoire. :mad:
 
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