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I'm not intentionally insulting people, but sure I can see why it is insulting. Still, it is an opinion. Tell me that you voted me down for being insulting and I won't call bs on that, this guy said I framed what I said as fact.



The implication that you know the opinions of other people better than they do is more or less the same thing as phrasing your opinions as fact.

Though I haven't personally downvoted you.


I disagree with that. I never implied that, maybe people think I implied that because my strong opinion goes contrary to what they think.


Okay, I'll be more explicit.

You told people they are incapable of boredom while 'really exercising'. You were not talking about whether you were bored. You were telling people what they feel. You were making a factual statement.

It was insulting for you to call people wrong on a factual matter where they have experience and you don't. Then you compounded the problem by arguing about it.

You can't just call something an opinion to deflect criticism.




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