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minus-squareoriginaluciferlinkfedilink31•8 months agothe professional version of this is ‘theoretically’. you can tack it on to the end of almost anything and it immediately makes whatever you said non-committal.
minus-square@Enigmalink37•8 months agoTheoretically, you could also tack it on at the beginning. Or you could also, theoretically, tack it on in the middle of a sentence.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•8 months agoWell only if “theoretically” is followed by a statement compatible with supported theory. Too many people confuse theory with hypothesis
minus-squareYAMAPIKARIYAlinkfedilink15•8 months agoYou can easily get away with using “Theoretically” in every situation, hypothetically speaking.
minus-squareFlying SquidMlinkfedilink3•8 months agoLet’s do a thought experiment on this hypothetical.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•8 months agoWhere might hyporetically fall into this? Hyporetically speaking, for the real theothetists that might press the matter.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•edit-28 months agoTheoretically, I had underetood the opposite.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•8 months agoDidn’t they just arrest some 4chan Nazi for doing that?
the professional version of this is ‘theoretically’. you can tack it on to the end of almost anything and it immediately makes whatever you said non-committal.
Theoretically, you could also tack it on at the beginning.
Or you could also, theoretically, tack it on in the middle of a sentence.
innovative!
Hypothetically
Allegedly
Well only if “theoretically” is followed by a statement compatible with supported theory. Too many people confuse theory with hypothesis
You can easily get away with using “Theoretically” in every situation, hypothetically speaking.
Let’s do a thought experiment on this hypothetical.
Where might hyporetically fall into this? Hyporetically speaking, for the real theothetists that might press the matter.
Theoretically, I had underetood the opposite.
Didn’t they just arrest some 4chan Nazi for doing that?