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I sometimes wish that the following words would require a license to be used - and such license could be suspended when the words are being used in a negligent or nefarious manner:

all, always, none, never

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Also an indicator of cognitive distortion and breeds extremism, but we are told to endure because of the principle of charity...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_distortion#All-or-no...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_charity

This comment speaks to the soul of my inner gripe. I try to avoid being pedantic, but I can never bring myself to replace this use of ‘all’ with ‘pretty much all’.

It’s just such a clear term. Now that I think of it, it might be one of the least ambiguously defined terms I can think of.

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