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| Topic | PSA: There is a difference between 'no taste' and 'bad taste' |
| ParanoidObsessive 12/14/18 6:56:32 AM #7: | darkknight109 posted... "No taste" means that the person is incapable of discerning good quality from bad, and thus their views are effectively random. "Bad taste" means that a person considers bad quality good and good quality bad. There is an argument to be made that the moment you use the word "taste" at all, you are effectively attempting to quantify something that is 100% subjective and without any inherent quality of any kind, thus rendering your entire argument completely invalid and worthless. Context generally matters, though. There is a MASSIVE world of difference between someone saying "This movie is good" and "I enjoyed this movie". (Incidentally, situations like that are a large part of why the concept of E-Prime exists.) --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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