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minus-squareoriginalucifer@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up30·11 months agothe professional version of this is ‘theoretically’. you can tack it on to the end of almost anything and it immediately makes whatever you said non-committal.
minus-squareEnigma@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up34·11 months agoTheoretically, you could also tack it on at the beginning. Or you could also, theoretically, tack it on in the middle of a sentence.
minus-square0ops@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·11 months agoWell only if “theoretically” is followed by a statement compatible with supported theory. Too many people confuse theory with hypothesis
minus-squareYAMAPIKARIYA@lemmyfi.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·11 months agoYou can easily get away with using “Theoretically” in every situation, hypothetically speaking.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoLet’s do a thought experiment on this hypothetical.
minus-squareALostInquirer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoWhere might hyporetically fall into this? Hyporetically speaking, for the real theothetists that might press the matter.
minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-211 months agoTheoretically, I had underetood the opposite.
the professional version of this is ‘theoretically’. you can tack it on to the end of almost anything and it immediately makes whatever you said non-committal.
Theoretically, you could also tack it on at the beginning.
Or you could also, theoretically, tack it on in the middle of a sentence.
innovative!
Hypothetically
Allegedly
Well only if “theoretically” is followed by a statement compatible with supported theory. Too many people confuse theory with hypothesis
You can easily get away with using “Theoretically” in every situation, hypothetically speaking.
Let’s do a thought experiment on this hypothetical.
Where might hyporetically fall into this? Hyporetically speaking, for the real theothetists that might press the matter.
Theoretically, I had underetood the opposite.