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It feels like a serious stretch to talk about “implicitly implying” criticism of other options. If I say I love Chips Ahoy, I’m not “implicitly implying” criticism of Oreos.

I think you may have accidentally encountered a slippery slope.

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But "I love Chips Ahoy" isn't really interesting except to the person in your household doing the shopping. "I prefer Chips Ahoy to Oreos" is what creates discussion and debate. The trick is for the discussion to be civil, playful, fruitful, constructive as opposed to antagonistic, disrespectful, in bad faith.

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