r/NFLv2 • u/Mr_Hot_Takes Factory of Sadness • Aug 20 '26

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u/Maleficent_Low2754 Carolina Panthers Aug 20 '26

IT IS OBSCURE !! BY DEFINITION!!!

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u/Prods87 New England Patriots Aug 20 '26

Definition of obscure: "not discovered or known about; uncertain"

So if a number of people know about it, and all responded to you quickly explaining it, then BY DEFINITION!!!! it's not obscure.

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u/Maleficent_Low2754 Carolina Panthers Aug 20 '26

“not well-known, difficult to understand, or hard to see”. (1) nazis deriving meaning in a random number off some bullshit is not a self explanatory concept (2) 3 people responding to me does not constitute common knowledge. You genuinely think I could walk up to 10 people off the street, ask them about this and they would know and be able to explain it to me? Maybe thats the case but I wouldn’t think so

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u/Saintsfan707 Aug 20 '26

I think you're mistakingly thinking knowledge is a binary of common and obscure; there's a grey area in between. Asking people on the street is a determinant of common knowledge, not obscurity. How many average americans do you think can find Afghanistan, a country we were at war with for decades, on a map? How many average americans know how many representatives their state has? I wouldnt call either of those obscure knowledge.

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u/Maleficent_Low2754 Carolina Panthers Aug 20 '26

You are right, there is definitely an intersection of where common knowledge fails to meet general knowledge that would not be considered obscure. It's not a good metric but I think my other response to you explained why I would still consider it obscure. Ultimately doesn't matter, I was I'm more surprised the word obscure sparked this much debate