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comment by kleinbl00
kleinbl00  ·  3788 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: On Video Game Reviews (Or Why Bioshock Infinite was the "worst game of the year")

Dude. This bites me in the ass so much.

As everyone has noticed, I voice strong opinions. Therefore, people assume that I believe my opinions are facts. The fact that I also often share facts doesn't help - in my mind, the facts and opinions are crystal clear ("I hate X" - clearly an opinion; "X received a lot of negative press according to wikipedia" - clearly a fact).

Unfortunately, this gives opponents the leeway to act as if my facts are opinions. It also allows people to assume that every opinion I hold is held deeply. The fact that I wouldn't contribute to a conversation in which I have no opinion never enters the equation - that I only chime in about stuff I know about (or am curious about) ends up being to my detriment.

So much inflection is lost on the internet. So much context. (opinion, but I can back it up if I have to) It makes conversations unnecessarily prickly.