Re:The assault on neurosurgeons’ privileges by software and ...
by colechristensen on Monday December 07, 2015 @11:21PM
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Hyperbole is a problem.
>Or am I just being a sensitive ninny-nanny?
At least a little.
When we describe mundane things as extreme "I'm _starving_ the slow service at this restaurant is torture" or extreme things as mundane "enhanced interrogation techniques" we lose a little bit of our ability to correctly communicate and even experience the world.
Being in awe should be a rare and wonderful state, but instead it's apt to describe a free sandwich as awesome.
The problem: lazy people with poor vocabulary (and education) and bad journalism and editorial work.
>Or am I just being a sensitive ninny-nanny?
At least a little.
When we describe mundane things as extreme "I'm _starving_ the slow service at this restaurant is torture" or extreme things as mundane "enhanced interrogation techniques" we lose a little bit of our ability to correctly communicate and even experience the world.
Being in awe should be a rare and wonderful state, but instead it's apt to describe a free sandwich as awesome.
The problem: lazy people with poor vocabulary (and education) and bad journalism and editorial work.