ZeroCool@slrpnk.net to The OnionEnglish · 1 day agoMan in Facebook comments clearly prefers ‘feeling’ informed to actually ‘being’ informednewsthump.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up1290arrow-down13
arrow-up1287arrow-down1external-linkMan in Facebook comments clearly prefers ‘feeling’ informed to actually ‘being’ informednewsthump.comZeroCool@slrpnk.net to The OnionEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squareNo1@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-219 hours agoThere’s a whole bunch of topics I just “Nope!” out of. It’s obvious they are complex, and, frankly, my interest in them is not enough to invest the time to even get to a basic understanding. So, my canned answer is: “It’s complex, and I don’t feel I know enough to have an opinion about it” If it’s something interesting, I might add on “What do you think about it?” If it’s not interesting I might throw on “And I’m not interested enough in even having an opinion. Thank you and goodbye” That last part goes well with telecallers 🤣
minus-squarexigoi@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoUnfortunately, many people insist that not having an opinion on something makes you a supporter of whatever side they’re against.
There’s a whole bunch of topics I just “Nope!” out of.
It’s obvious they are complex, and, frankly, my interest in them is not enough to invest the time to even get to a basic understanding.
So, my canned answer is:
“It’s complex, and I don’t feel I know enough to have an opinion about it”
If it’s something interesting, I might add on “What do you think about it?”
If it’s not interesting I might throw on “And I’m not interested enough in even having an opinion. Thank you and goodbye”
That last part goes well with telecallers 🤣
Unfortunately, many people insist that not having an opinion on something makes you a supporter of whatever side they’re against.