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Good post Mustang, good post. Intellectual relativism is an idea that most likely will need to be explored in greater depths.

However, there seems to be some confusion between facts and opinions. Now, before some Harry Potter Hobbit nerd comes roaring out with a dictionary definition later on, we'll define the two terms now.

A fact is independently verifiable by others. It is repeatable. It is independent of the author.

An opinion is based upon conjecture, emotion and desire. It is dependent upon the author and most likely is presented in an egotistical way by a retard too afraid/stupid/incapable to research facts.

Note to dullards who seize on the obvious: the first point was a fact, the second an opinion. See how this works?

Consequently, we'll compare and contrast fact versus opinion, for those who still fucking confuse the two, wash their computers in the dishwasher, feed their dogs mustard for brunch and refer to McDonald's hamburgers as "sandwiches".

1. The Blue Jays are the bestest team ever! lol!!!!11!
2. The Blue Jays play their home games at the Rogers Centre.

Point number one is subjective, an opinion, and dispensed by a dipshit teen. The statement is only true because it is uttered by somebody who believes it. Another person uttering it who doesn't believe it would make it false. The second point is true. It is verfiable. I can go down to the Rogers Centre and independently verify it. It doesn't matter WHO said it. Fuck, I feel like I'm slapping children here.

1. Otto doesn't know anything about history, let alone if he has dogshit in his hair.
2. Otto smells like the pants' inseam of a syphillatic patient.

Point number one is tricky as it starts off with a fact and then trails into something that may as well be a fact, but is in actuality, a picture somebody emailed me. Seriously, the second half is an opinion. However, anybody reading his posts can easily determine that venturing outside of the word history itself, Dummy Matt is in a deep fucking hole. Point two is an opinion. I don't know what the pants' inseam of a syphillatic patient smells like, but I could imagine based on the sheer stupidity suffered by Dummy Matt, that the smell and ther person are inextricably linked.

So forum fans, when you're in the heat of an argument and you're trying to bolster some crappy argument (and if you're arguing against me, your argument is by default crappy) and when reaching for some "bolster", refer to this handy guide and determine for yourself if you're wasting anybody's time by inserting a worthless opinion when a fact is needed in its place.

Remember, for the most part, your opinions don't matter. By the by, opinions can also be wrong, ill-informed, outrageously stupid and incorrect. When arguing fact ALWAYS trumps opinion. Don't be on the losing side because you can't crack a fucking book.

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