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TreyFlowers
10/30/21 4:02:16 PM
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Just instantly makes me think they're lying.

There's no "my" truth. There's just "the" truth.

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FurryPhilosifer
10/30/21 4:03:18 PM
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That's MY philosophy!

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Kaiganeer
10/30/21 4:03:30 PM
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the truth changes depending on the context tho
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TreyFlowers
10/30/21 4:06:27 PM
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Kaiganeer posted...
the truth changes depending on the context tho

How can the truth change? It's absolute fact, it's set in stone. It's black and white.

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HairyQueen
10/30/21 4:14:01 PM
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TreyFlowers posted...
How can the truth change? It's absolute fact, it's set in stone. It's black and white.
I understand where you're going with this, but truth and fact aren't usually considered to be synonymous.

http://www.differencebetween.info/difference-between-fact-and-truth

Essentially, what someone means when they say they're speaking their truth is that they're conveying their personal experience.

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pfh1001
10/30/21 4:18:23 PM
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TreyFlowers posted...
Just instantly makes me think they're lying.


Someone that spouts that line certainly has some sort of agenda, and I would just assume they were full of shit.
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AmericaTheBrave
10/30/21 4:20:42 PM
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Irony
10/30/21 4:21:17 PM
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My way of the ninja

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HylianFox
10/30/21 4:21:19 PM
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2+2 *is* 5, because I say it is.
Stupid math teachers!

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TreyFlowers
10/30/21 4:22:22 PM
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HairyQueen posted...
Essentially, what someone means when they say they're speaking their truth is that they're conveying their personal experience

So say that. In my experience, or what happened to me. "My truth" is the wrong way of wording it because you make it subjective whereas truth implies nothing but objective facts.

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ZMythos
10/30/21 4:23:54 PM
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Truth =/= facts.

If I believe what I'm saying, I can still be wrong but also be truthful about it.

TC is just trying to be "well ackshully" about a nonissue.

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s0nicfan
10/30/21 4:23:54 PM
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"My truth" and "lived experiences" are just polite ways of dressing up an anecdote to make it sound like something bigger than an anecdote. It's no different than saying that you knew a guy who had something happen once.

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emblem boy
10/30/21 4:24:12 PM
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TreyFlowers posted...
HairyQueen posted...
Essentially, what someone means when they say they're speaking their truth is that they're conveying their personal experience

So say that. In my experience, or what happened to me. "My truth" is the wrong way of wording it because you make it subjective whereas truth implies nothing but objective facts.


Not really. Two people can experience an event from two point of views and when both are talking about the event, both will be telling their own true experience of what they saw.
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HylianFox
10/30/21 4:24:34 PM
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TreyFlowers posted...
So say that. In my experience, or what happened to me. "My truth" is the wrong way of wording it because you make it subjective whereas truth implies nothing but objective facts.

It also implies that the person won't change their mind. This is the truth to ME dammit, all other viewpoints be damned!

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HylianFox
10/30/21 4:25:22 PM
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emblem boy posted...
Not really. Two people can experience an event from two point of views and when both are talking about the event, both will be telling their own true experience of what they saw.

looks like someone just saw 'Rashomon'

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TreyFlowers
10/30/21 4:25:44 PM
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ZMythos posted...
If I believe what I'm saying, I can still be wrong but also be truthful about it.



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HairyQueen
10/30/21 4:31:23 PM
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TreyFlowers posted...
So say that. In my experience, or what happened to me. "My truth" is the wrong way of wording it because you make it subjective whereas truth implies nothing but objective facts.
I mean truth literally does not mean objective facts. It can be used as a synonym for facts, but it doesn't necessarily mean the same thing as "facts".

I don't see why this is something that anyone should get annoyed about. This is reeking of "those damn kids and their new slang that I don't understand", except in this case the slang is actually an already accepted usage of the word.

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TreyFlowers
10/30/21 4:32:34 PM
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It just sounds stupid and disingenuous. As I said if someone said they were going to tell me "their" truth I'd just assume they were lying.

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emblem boy
10/30/21 4:45:32 PM
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HylianFox posted...
emblem boy posted...
Not really. Two people can experience an event from two point of views and when both are talking about the event, both will be telling their own true experience of what they saw.

looks like someone just saw 'Rashomon'


Na, what's that?
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Medussa
10/30/21 4:47:10 PM
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oh, i didn't realize we were in the "shake fist at clouds about the kids' slang" part of the cycle already.

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AldousIsDead
10/30/21 4:47:16 PM
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emblem boy posted...
Na, what's that?
Really good movie.

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Tappor
10/30/21 4:52:26 PM
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TC is speaking their truth

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