You claimed that you are basing your belief on statistics, which are the opposite of ‘a hunch’. Turns out it was just that.

By this logic, if I post 10000 videos claiming 2+2=5, it becomes true by ‘statistics’?
To answer your question though, statistics are not predetermined independently from the truth. Truth is the basis and the number of claims for any statement does not change that. By assuming that 1% of all sightings are real, you already assumed that aliens must exist. The probability for aliens being real under the assumption that aliens are real is 100%, but you just made the premise up. This is not how statistics work.
There are many examples from the past, like witches, werewolves, vampires, giants, … People used to claim their existence but not anymore. By your reasoning they must have existed back then but suddenly they dont anymore?
Also how come ghosts and aliens exist almost exclusively in the US? There are almost no reports in any other country.
Just for fun, Ill try to come up with an example using your ‘statistics’, I wonder if you can argue against it without invalidating the reasoning in your post.
There are 8bn people on earth. They are all reporting that they themselves are human. Even if 99.999% of those reports are true, that leaves 80,000 non-humans amongst them.

TL:DR lies dont become true just because they are being told often.

You mean without being linked in?

The new selfproclaimed king, like all kings

A friend of mine whose decisionmaking I respect a lot. Good balance of logic and empathy. He would be an awesome president and hed hate me for dumping that shitton of responsibility on him. Wouldnt want to be in his shoes. Also id miss him, but its for the best.

LECKER

That may be the case. I will need to conduct my own research^^

• that sugary sweets make kids act “hyper”

Do you happen to have a source for that? Coz I have witnessed kids act like a horde of wild monkeys on crack right after eating dessert on multiple occasions.

I see, thats actually good practice, just unusual. The “who” also sounds less odd.

Not a native speaker but the last one, using ‘it’ instead of ‘they’ would sound the most natural to me

This doesnt make sense

I think Cyberpunk is more likely. Huge buildings, no plants, no animals, everything controlled by big corps and law is basically non-existent except if rich folk are affected

Maybe they are friends but have different political and social values. That happens.

If supporting fascists in taking over the USA is a deal-breaker to you, thats totally understandable though. But remember it is the easy way out, convincing them would be the right thing but much harder.

I couldnt care less. I never understood how people would be angry at others for forgetting their birthdays. Its just a damn anniversary…

I guess first of all from the deep thought process involved. Most people dont analyse social interactions this deeply and dont put much thought into it. Also, you taking the statement quite literally, questioning whether actually noone cares, who it is that doesnt care or whether the statedment is logical in itself. Usually those thoughts wouldnt even arise in people (in my experience), the sentence would mostly produce a set of emotions and thoughts in the listener depending mostly on the context not necessarily on the choice of words or their meaning in a completely neutral setting

You dont want to be judged for your preferences but at the same time you judge others for theirs. Thats whats wrong, not your preference itself.

What the fuck are you talking about xD The amount of narrow-mindedness is off the charts here

Usually it would be used as a substitute for “shut up”. Your second paragraph explains it pretty well. Telling someone that doesnt talk to you personay “I dont care” is egotistic because you dont consider others opinions. Assuming noone cares makes that person seem like a kind of spokesperson for everyone else.

The response is difficult and depends heavily on the situation. A good general purpose response could be “speak for yourself”. Judging from your post, you seem to be a socially awkward person (not trying to offend you, sorry if I am), so chances are you are actually annoying people by eg talking a lot. If you arent sure, you could leave it at that. If the person trying to make you shut up is just a bully or doesnt like you in particular, you could start talking again after your response. The same for if what you were talking about was important to you.

You could also just try to confirm the statement. “does actually noone care?” Dont be needy or whiney about it though, keep your dignity. Chances are you wont get a response even if some people didnt mind you talking but wouldnt go so far as to say they were actively interested. But in case someone steps up and says they care, your win. If noone cares, you can accept it and stop talking but dont be offended, sometimes its hard to know when to shut up and you could use this as future reference.

Of course another good response would be something along the lines of “sorry, but you dont have to be mean about it”. It doesnt force the other person to get defensive, so the situation doesnt escalate. Also you dont leave yourself insulted.

Oh and also your point about people caring when the say “noone cares”. That is not the case. Caring about telling you that noone cares is not the same as caring about the topic itself.

I smell everything I grab. Sometimes my wife comments on it but it doesnt bother her. We use our senses to make sense of the world, big news.

I guess for 10-20 years. I have 2 pairs of jeans I wear regularly, but could shift to any other pants if necessary. I dont have a job where I need to dress up nicely, so I can basically wear whatever. T-shirts are my passion so I have at least 50 of them. Problem would probably be socks and underwear, maybe shoes.