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minus-squareoriginaluciferlinkfedilink29•2 years 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@[email protected]linkfedilink34•2 years 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]linkfedilink5•2 years agoWell only if “theoretically” is followed by a statement compatible with supported theory. Too many people confuse theory with hypothesis
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•edit-22 years agoTheoretically, I had underetood the opposite.
minus-squareYAMAPIKARIYAlinkfedilink14•2 years agoYou can easily get away with using “Theoretically” in every situation, hypothetically speaking.
minus-squareFlying SquidMlinkfedilink3•2 years agoLet’s do a thought experiment on this hypothetical.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•2 years agoWhere might hyporetically fall into this? Hyporetically speaking, for the real theothetists that might press the matter.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•2 years 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
Theoretically, I had underetood the opposite.
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.
Didn’t they just arrest some 4chan Nazi for doing that?