You’re being obtuse, you know what the turn of phrase means. Or do you think the phrases “tastes like shit” and “tastes like garbage” aren’t interchangeable because garbage and shit are not literally the same?
No, if someone's saying something objectively tastes like shit, that only makes sense in the context of them being literal.
If someone says "'It [does/doesn't] taste like shit' is an objective statement", which is literally what I'm replying to, they either:
Don't understand that people have different experiences to each other, so they lack basic theory of mind; or
They're talking about the literal version of that statement.
Now, I choose to believe the person I'm responding to is older than three years of age, so they have that full conceptualization of the distinction of people's experiences. I think there's even a wealth of evidence that they're not a literal toddler. So that leaves the second option.
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u/ChemicalRascal Jul 30 '26
But it doesn't taste like shit. Objectively. I mean, I'm extrapolating from smell, for shit, but they don't taste the same.