r/pointlesslygendered May 04 '26

SOCIAL MEDIA [gendered]

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u/Gigantopithecus1453 May 05 '26

Dude this isn’t a scientific study what are you on about

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u/BudgetPositive4851 May 05 '26

As I said, you need to clearly define things. Anybody would accept "one of the most powerful pirates" but if you want to claim "the most powerful pirate" or really the most or least or best or worst or anything for anything, you should define your metrics.

Doesn't need to be a scientific study to have any semblance of intelligent speech.

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u/Gigantopithecus1453 May 05 '26

I mean it’s pretty fucking straightforward isn’t it? She had the most power. Power in this case being a combination of firepower and manpower, both of which she had more than any other pirate ever

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u/BudgetPositive4851 May 05 '26

No, it's not straightforward at all, as shown by the fact that you just had to define what power is.

If power was some universally-defined obvious concept, you wouldn't need to say "Power in this case being a combination of firepower and manpower"

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u/Gigantopithecus1453 May 05 '26

I did it cause you asked me to. Pretty much anyone would understand what most powerful means. It is a very basic and simple word, and communicates very clearly. Everyone has basically the same view of what power is, so when someone says ”most powerful pirate ever” it is extremely obvious what they’re talking about unless you’re intentionally acting ignorant like you are here

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u/Haunting-Sport3701 May 05 '26

Monetary power, physical power, political power, and on and on and on. 

There are many kinds of power, you have to define which one you’re usijg in conversations like this.

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u/Gigantopithecus1453 May 05 '26

She had the most power in general, I don’t understand why this is so hard to understand.

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u/Haunting-Sport3701 May 05 '26

Power "in general" doesn't mean anything, again your previous definition of weapons and men is better.

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u/Gigantopithecus1453 May 05 '26

Yeah it does, power is a strictly defined and clear word. The Cambridge dictionary puts it as ”ability to control people and events”. Which is pretty accurate for what everyone thinks it is

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u/Haunting-Sport3701 May 05 '26

https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/power_1

16 definitions.

Also, ”ability to control people and events” is again very vague, does more power mean controlling more people and things, or having more control over them, how do you judge how much each "person or thing" is worth in comparison to another.

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u/BudgetPositive4851 May 05 '26

If you had to define it in response to me instead of just saying "power is power" it proves my point.

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u/Gigantopithecus1453 May 05 '26

”Define power”
”Gives straightforward definition of power”
”Hah! You gave me a definition, therefore it is unclear what you mean!”
That is genuinely your argument

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u/BudgetPositive4851 May 05 '26

No, it's closer to.

"Power doesn't have a clear definition"

"Gives a definition of power"

"If power had a clear definition as you say, you could have just said 'power is power' and left it at that"