UFOs are real and I've known that since I was a child. I am surprised that NPR involves itself with this bullshit article though. The U stands for UNIDENTIFIED and if they are claiming they are alien, that would mean they have been identified and are not UFOs.
this post was submitted on 28 Sep 2024
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You do know that's not what most people mean when they say UFO, correct? Not everything is thought of as its literal meaning.
Yes, and I know that most people are not critical thinkers.
Do you also argue that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is a democratic republic? Was the German National Socialist Worker's party actually a socialist worker's party?
Or do maybe sometimes people not use the literal meaning of things even if they are capable of thinking critically?
In fact, I would suggest that the critical way to think about this is to accept that sometimes people use terms to mean things other than their literal meaning.
Actually, the critical way to think about this is to keep the subject on UFOs not to change it. That is why the name has been changed from UFO to UAP.
Sorry, you can't police people's language. That's not how language works.
I'm not policing it. I'm saying it's wrong. I can do that and I did do that. If you think that's policing, I don't have any idea what to tell you.
Okay, well enjoy experiencing people constantly getting it wrong because there's likely nothing you'll ever be able to do about it.
Personally, I'm not a fan of the way most people use "infamous," but I've come to accept it.
"do I have three arms and talking hamster? According to some words I wrote on a piece of wood, yes!"
I mean that's basically the point of the article... that this whole thing is very silly.
I believed that you were above both petty assumption and bitching about downvotes.
Cool.