sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agoIs there a word for "Yess but no"?message-squaremessage-square41linkfedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up127arrow-down1message-squareIs there a word for "Yess but no"?sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agomessage-square41linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoMaybe is more, “I don’t know, but it is possible”
minus-squareBeacon@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoI think op is taking about a situation where a statement/question is partially true, but also partially untrue. Like “Do some things fall faster than other things because they’re heavier?” The answer is “kinda but not really”.
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days ago“In an atmosphere” is the proper response to that question because it isn’t kinda true, it is entirely context dependent.
“maybe”
Maybe is more, “I don’t know, but it is possible”
I think op is taking about a situation where a statement/question is partially true, but also partially untrue. Like “Do some things fall faster than other things because they’re heavier?” The answer is “kinda but not really”.
“In an atmosphere” is the proper response to that question because it isn’t kinda true, it is entirely context dependent.
maybe