Firestorm
Pedant
The title of another thread , being factual, made me wonder about what is acceptable on this forum, or any other for that matter, regarding facts.
I am , by nature , pedantic, often to the point of distraction. My wife often says that I am borderline OCD when it comes to facts and details, as I often look things I read, see on the TV, etc to substantiate what has been said before I accept it (like whenever I hear one of those "true stories", I check on Snopes to see if its an urban myth) .
I joke that I don't read much fiction, because its "just made up" , yes I do have a bit of a problem at times :blush:
Now this is where I am struggling a bit , should I be expecting others to be accomodating ? If someone says "I think", I realise its an opinion and therefore hear it accordingly, if they don't should my first assumption be its an opinion or should I assume that as they have not stated its an opinion that they are relaying it as a fact....
I have been mulling this one over in the past few days , particularly after the Strikes thread, where many links purporting to support a fact were just someone elses opinion and to be honest I got a tad confused.
Or should I just get a grip and take everything with the proverbial pinch of salt, as I am aware that requests for "supporting facts" are bloody irritating for a number of people on here.
And , if anyone its thinking it, its not Asbergers , but at times it does look and feel a little like "Asbergers lite"...
I am , by nature , pedantic, often to the point of distraction. My wife often says that I am borderline OCD when it comes to facts and details, as I often look things I read, see on the TV, etc to substantiate what has been said before I accept it (like whenever I hear one of those "true stories", I check on Snopes to see if its an urban myth) .
I joke that I don't read much fiction, because its "just made up" , yes I do have a bit of a problem at times :blush:
Now this is where I am struggling a bit , should I be expecting others to be accomodating ? If someone says "I think", I realise its an opinion and therefore hear it accordingly, if they don't should my first assumption be its an opinion or should I assume that as they have not stated its an opinion that they are relaying it as a fact....
I have been mulling this one over in the past few days , particularly after the Strikes thread, where many links purporting to support a fact were just someone elses opinion and to be honest I got a tad confused.
Or should I just get a grip and take everything with the proverbial pinch of salt, as I am aware that requests for "supporting facts" are bloody irritating for a number of people on here.
And , if anyone its thinking it, its not Asbergers , but at times it does look and feel a little like "Asbergers lite"...
