Examples:

Your post: "What if God did this weird thing…

Their reply: “God doesn’t exist so this question is nonsense.”

Your post: “In the year 2075 everyone gets assigned jobs based on…”

Their reply: “Dude, with climate change there will be no us or jobs to do in 2075.”

It’s the Internet. People are trying to have fun and talk about wacky shit and escape from serious matters. Can’t you either refrain from commenting or just play along?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes,_and…

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    9 months ago

    Not really an opinion as much as an observation. Is anyone out there saying that everyone online DOES know how to play along with hypotheticals?

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      9 months ago

      Not really an opinion as much as an observation.

      OP wrote:

      “Many people online don’t know how to play along well with hypotheticals.”

      Is that an empirical fact that can be tested and proved to be true using the Scientific Method? If the answer is no then it is an opinion.

      How do so many people not understand the difference between opinions and facts?

      Do you really need every sentence to start with:

      I think

      I believe

      I feel

      It seems to me that

      In my humble opinion

      Come on! People nitpick the silliest shit even when they are wrong!