META: The Problem of Subjectivity

[Andrew Burton]

Martin Phipps wrote:
> As you calling me "deluded" is a subjective statement and the argument
> is that nobody should be offended by subjective statements I should
> just let that go.

My plan proceeds apace.  Bwahaha!

> You should go back and reread what I've written up to now.  Statements
> like "This is good" and "This is bad" are subjective, I agree.  They
> are also completely useless in and of themselves.

You've said two things in various posts that directly contradict each 
other.  First you said, "Somebody says they don't like my story.  So? 
They go on and on about not liking it.  Okay.  Does the person have 
anything constructive to say?  Apparently not."  And now you just said, 
"Statements like 'This is good' and 'This is bad' are subjective, I 
agree.  They are also completely useless in and of themselves."

So if I make a long post to explain why I dislike something, it's not 
constructive.  If I make a quick statement about whether or not I liked 
something, it's useless.  So how do you feel about long posts that 
describe how they enjoyed your work?  Are those equally as useless?

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