I hate the word ‘Consumer’ or I mockingly call it ‘CONSOOMER’. Because that’s to imply everyone in the world is just cattle, but with wallets. We’re no longer customers. We’re consumers now. And a consumer’s purpose is to consume shit, whatever is put out there. Got money? Shut up and consume, it’s what corporate interests and capitalism itself thrive on. Consume and consume.
Hmmmm I think I have to go with “theory.” When people use this word, they often should be using “hypothesis” instead. I understand words and language are ever evolving and changing, but “theory” is a scientific word, and in the world of science, specificity is important.
I disagree. Science people will burn you for mixing up the two but ‘in theory’ is a grammatically correct way to describe something that could possibly happen - In theory I’m going to eat three bagels today. That doesn’t mean I need to prove or have tested in the past that it’s doable.
‘Theoretically’ is another one, used to describe something they obeys some rules but is unlikely to happen. Theoretically my team will win today - no science in that one either.
Same but with “expert.” I used to work at a company that held up all its talent as supposed experts in software engineering for its customers. They were all senior devs at best. I winced every time the general manager said it.