sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-21 day agoIs there a word for "Yess but no"?message-squaremessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up125arrow-down1message-squareIs there a word for "Yess but no"?sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-21 day agomessage-square34fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBeacon@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day 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-up4·1 day ago“In an atmosphere” is the proper response to that question because it isn’t kinda true, it is entirely context dependent.
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.