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For example, if I talk about "magic", most of you will tell me I'm wrong without even asking me what I mean. You might even insult me.

How common is this? How much of this conversation is actual communication vs just a string of triggering phrases that we react to?

How much of Lemmy is people just barking at their own echo?

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[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 days ago

You're beginning with an assumption about the majority of people here based on absolutely nothing, I'm inclined to insult you for that alone. You're also talking about a word with several extremely different definitions and not clearly explaining which one you mean, which is a common bad-faith rhetorical strategy and will make anyone familiar with it suspect you're being deliberately evasive and dishonest. The non-supernatural definitions of "magic" are generally accepted and will not provoke a strong negative response from most people, if you meant one of those you'd have no obvious motive to be evasive about it. The obvious conclusion is that you're being evasive about it because you do mean supernatural magic in a literal sense, in which case yes you are verifiably completely wrong. This has nothing to do with "triggering phrases" or how much or little anyone else cares, the problem is you.