opinion

[infern0man1]

a view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge

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[L4Vo5]

This post is dumb

[Arclooper]

Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

[infern0man1]

This post is dumb

You're point being? d（ ╯⊙ ⊱⊙╰ ）b

[L4Vo5]

You're point being? d（ ╯⊙ ⊱⊙╰ ）b

It's the view or judgement i formed about this topic

[geogeo222]

Neat topic. I was thinking on these lines the other day. all opinions imply a goal or a standard of some sort, whether that standard is just for you or meant to be applied more generally. In this way all opinions are, in fact, a statement of some sort of fact (it could be right or wrong).

Most things that people really like to argue about are opinions or ideas on morality that are meant to be applied to society at large. A lot of people when they argue will try to defend their shitty statements with the assertion that 'it's just an opinion, there is no wrong or right', as if they should be free from criticism. But if there is no wrong or right, then they wouldn't be trying to defend their dumb rule they're trying to convince everyone to follow in the first place. Often times these people are trying to uphold a questionable standard. Sometimes they have no idea what they're trying to uphold.

When you argue about opinions such as that you also have to argue about what kind of moral standard we should be upholding. The wonderful thing is that if we can come together and agree on a standard or a goal, opinions dissolve away, and you can figure out what the right course of action should be, and all that's left is a 'correct' opinion that we call a fact.

This is why I've fallen kind of out of favor with 'opinions' lately. Opinions are for when you can't find agreement with others, when people can't agree on the common good, the standard that is good for everybody. I believe that in not all, but many issues this is something that exists.

I hope you all will look forward to my upcoming thesis on this topic. 

[Swordslinger]

Word of the wise
DON'T share opinions
Otherwise if you have a different view than others, you will have your door knocked on by people with pitchforks and torches.
Trust me, you don't want that.

^.^

[geogeo222]

That's a terrible lesson, Swordslinger.

If your opinions make people that angry, maybe you should consider revising them, or talking about them in a better way.

No one can make you keep your opinion to yourself.

[Swordslinger]

Good lesson time then, don't take sarcastic statements seriously. ^.^
Though sometimes, that isn't entirely true since if you can find evidence and even put it nicely then, you can still get hated for speaking in serious terms, it may reduce the chances sure, but it can still happen and in some cases most likely will happen if it is an opinion that is 90% loved, it just depends on how much you are willing to soften the blow, and on a basic scale, it can be from a regular "I hate you" or an essay that would make dark souls hate mail seem like a compliment.

The off topic posts do encourage a bit of nonsense, if this was something like general discussion i would have posted something serious and this is the only serious thing i'm saying about this because honestly, have a little fun and do what you find fun, from our gaps we are basically 2 opposites but i wont hate you for it. Just want to let you know that what you called me out on was a sarcastic, non serious statement and this is a serious reply.

|->Now lets not be serious<-|, opinions are banned everywhere, you gotta have one, but it has to be the majority and if it isn't your as good as dead

[infern0man1]

You're point being? d（ ╯⊙ ⊱⊙╰ ）b

It's the view or judgement i formed about this topic

fair enough d（ ╯⊙ ⊱⊙╰ ）b

[pieceofcheese87]

oppressive fangame regime blah blah blah

[geogeo222]

The off topic posts do encourage a bit of nonsense, if this was something like general discussion i would have posted something serious and this is the only serious thing i'm saying about this because honestly, have a little fun and do what you find fun, from our gaps we are basically 2 opposites but i wont hate you for it. Just want to let you know that what you called me out on was a sarcastic, non serious statement and this is a serious reply.

Well yes, I hoped you were being sarcastic. Still, how incredibly cynical of you. However, you are not wrong in saying that sometimes sharing an opinion will inevitably bring some backlash. I don't think you know enough about me to say we're opposites, but everyone does have their differences and that's not necessarily a reason to not get along.

As for this board, I don't think off-topic is expressly for fun or for seriousness, people can take these conversations wherever they like. Personally, I like to joke around but also, if I can take something in a philosophical or argumentative direction, I'm pretty likely to do that.

[JGBMaster]

my opinion is that inferno sux dix

The word "opinion" comes from opinio in Latin, which means "conjecture" or "belief" and its meaning is understood in general as some kind of probable knowledge, thought to be equally far from true knowledge and ignorance.

According to Plato, opinions (doxa) are some kind of self-knowledge that resides within our souls and allows us to acquire knowledge about the sensible world, unlike science (episteme), that allows us to reach true knowledge, the understanding of ideas and essences.

Here's some in-depth explanation about my understanding of what opinions actually are: (in case someone wants to read it)

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jk tricked ya
xd

By the way, I don't get why sometimes having an opinion here somehow leads to "drama". It looks like when someone disagrees about something with another person on this forum there's usually somebody who will either complain about it and call it "drama" or make fun of it with the toxic community memes or similar stuff.

And even though this is off topic, I prefer reading something interesting (such as personal opinions) than meaningless posts that interfere on debates or any type of conversations and I personally think that this is what makes other people not wanting to post at all in some topics, since it feels like some people wouldn't really take it seriously anyway.

I think that both Sword's and Geo's posts have a different yet interesting point of view and I don't see anything wrong with that. There was no hate on their posts, they were just calmly talking.

[pieceofcheese87]

yes everything I do is wrong sorry

[geogeo222]

i'll be over here