Posted: Jan 04, 2020 6:48 am
Thommo wrote:Indeed, the problem is very much not about length, but about content.
A non sequitur is an unjustified conclusion. Rather than claim it's been reached by some process (which isn't then shared, or which is horribly flawed) one could just state their conclusions. Of course, in this more transparent form the conversation might be much shorter.
"Person X" : I believe in God.
"Person Y" : I don't.
There's such a thing as being too concise. That's not jamest's first difficulty, though.
Person J: "I believe in God"
Person C: "I don't know what the fuck you're on about"
Person C1: "Tell somebody who gives a fuck"