Poll of the Day > PSA: There is a difference between 'no taste' and 'bad taste'

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"No taste" means that the person is incapable of discerning good quality from bad, and thus their views are effectively random. "Bad taste" means that a person considers bad quality good and good quality bad. It is a subtle, but important difference that everyone should learn.

As an example, someone with no taste in movies might say "The Star Wars films are fantastic! I love all of them, they're masterpieces!" where someone with bad taste in movies would say "The Star Wars prequels are amazing and far better than the originals."

Understand this and be at peace.
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What if I said all Star Wars movies are awful and the only reason why they're popular is that they're fantasy with thinly veiled science fiction elements?
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What if I have very open tastes?
I love hot dogs but can also get down on some tender tri-tip. For varying reasons, I like both.

Also, I worked with a chef who made some of the most moist and tender meat, and would pick up a frozen pizza or box of mac n cheese for himself at home.
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pedro45 posted...

What if I have very open tastes?
I love hot dogs but can also get down on some tender tri-tip. For varying reasons, I like both.

Also, I worked with a chef who made some of the most moist and tender meat, and would pick up a frozen pizza or box of mac n cheese for himself at home.

Some people dont like to work at home...
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Thought this was gonna be a topic about water
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OrangeDawn posted...

Thought this was gonna be a topic about water

Ah... I can see how you would think that...
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darkknight109 posted...

"No taste" means that the person is incapable of discerning good quality from bad, and thus their views are effectively random. "Bad taste" means that a person considers bad quality good and good quality bad.

There is an argument to be made that the moment you use the word "taste" at all, you are effectively attempting to quantify something that is 100% subjective and without any inherent quality of any kind, thus rendering your entire argument completely invalid and worthless.

Context generally matters, though. There is a MASSIVE world of difference between someone saying "This movie is good" and "I enjoyed this movie".

(Incidentally, situations like that are a large part of why the concept of E-Prime exists.)


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