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minus-squareyesman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up39arrow-down3·1 day agoI called a cop “Napoleon” once. He assumed I referred to the 18th century emperor. Not big readers, cops.
minus-squarescholar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up44·1 day agoNapoleon the emperor who tried to conquer Europe and nearly succeeded is more famous than the fictional character so that makes sense
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·1 day agoAnecdotal evidence is so strong! There’s definitely no way you could be making a generalised statement from a single incident… /s
minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down4·1 day ago… because generalizations are always wrong, each and every time
minus-squaresolsangraal@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 day agoi get it: you’re making a generalizing statement about generalizations being wrong, which makes the statement wrong
minus-squareBlueFootedPetey@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 day agoSounds like a generalization, which I guess is wrong.
I called a cop “Napoleon” once. He assumed I referred to the 18th century emperor. Not big readers, cops.
Napoleon the emperor who tried to conquer Europe and nearly succeeded is more famous than the fictional character so that makes sense
Anecdotal evidence is so strong!
There’s definitely no way you could be making a generalised statement from a single incident… /s
… because generalizations are always wrong, each and every time
i get it: you’re making a generalizing statement about generalizations being wrong, which makes the statement wrong
At least one person gets the joke
Sounds like a generalization, which I guess is wrong.
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