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David Buchanan

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Planning a trip to The Internet? Learn this handy phrase before you go: "I do not have the required background to form opinions on this topic"

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Kye Fox's avatar Kye Fox @kyefox.com
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but my supposin' is as good as any expert's knowin'

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raketGrisen.bsky.social's avatar raketGrisen.bsky.social @xlntno1.bsky.social
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Is that also your opinion?

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Alexandre's avatar Alexandre @apapin.com
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that's a dangerous way to go, it's possible to form opinions based on your intuition and general knowledge, i think realizing they're wrong is a big part of learning, you can do it with humility and without being stupid

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Scott's avatar Scott @scottsview89.bsky.social
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I think that’s a controversial phase for people to learn. Opinions are like arseholes, everyone has one…even if they expose themselves as ignorant

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jeff boyardee's avatar jeff boyardee @skeet.best
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maybe you but I am the one human being on Earth that has somehow had every kind of background experience at once, thus qualifying me for all debates which I inevitably win

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Jeff Duda's avatar Jeff Duda @jeffdudaphdco.bsky.social
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See also: "this issue is not sufficiently relevant to my life to be worth opining"

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This is funny 😹

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Ken from Chicago's avatar Ken from Chicago @kenfromchicago.bsky.social
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Welcome to the Internet, someone will be along to correct you shortly. 👍🤣

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damasterchief's avatar damasterchief @damasterchief.bsky.social
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ROTFLMSAO!!!

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TeddyRGB's avatar TeddyRGB @teddyrgb.bsky.social
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I try to tell everyone that reactions are not the same as opinions

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Mitch Wagner's avatar Mitch Wagner @mitchw.bsky.social
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Related: I just don't have to have an opinion about that, and if I do have one, I don't have to share it on social media.

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Autistic velociraptor's avatar Autistic velociraptor @asdraptor.bsky.social
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Are you telling me that "I heard it in Fox News" or " my uncle told me" is not enough background to discuss on the internet? I am shocked. Shocked I say!!!

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Pierce's avatar Pierce @pierced.bsky.social
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Horror Author Reed Alexander's avatar Horror Author Reed Alexander @reedshorror.bsky.social
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There are a LOT of people who really don't have enough common sense to follow that rule.

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Jacob T. Levy's avatar Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social
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Seems like the equivalent of putting “antidisestablishmentarianism” into an English for tourists phrasebook; no one ever actually uses it!

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