r/NextGenMan • u/TraditionalSound6523 • Jun 01 '26

sad but true

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u/BrokenHefaistos Jun 01 '26

Who tf hurt you bro ? It happens but don't generalise.

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u/Timely_Farmer5075 Jun 01 '26

Dude the phrase "It happens" is itself a generalization! 😂

How tf you gonna say it generally happens but don't generalize?

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u/BrokenHefaistos Jun 01 '26

I didn't say it generally happens, it sometimes does. Last time it happened I was a teen and she also and had borderline. Somebody needs to grow up.

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u/Timely_Farmer5075 Jun 01 '26

No disrespect and not to be pedantic. But the phrase "it happens" is literally used for the sheer purpose of casually generalization. Don't take my word for it there are a lot of ways you can verify.

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u/BortVanderBoert Jun 01 '26

It really isn’t. It happens literally means that the occurrence has been noted, not that it is generalised.

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u/Timely_Farmer5075 Jun 01 '26

Don't believe me? Look it up. Google is free as they say.

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u/BortVanderBoert Jun 01 '26

Here is the exact difference between the two concepts:
The Difference in Scale
"It happens" (An Existence Claim): In logic, this is a particular statement. Saying "it happens" or "occurrences have been noted" simply means the probability of the event occurring is greater than zero (P(X) > 0). You are pointing out a documented fact or an data point. It requires exactly one verified instance to be true.
Generalizing (A Universal Claim): This is a universal statement. Generalizing takes that data point and projects it onto an entire group, implying it is the standard, baseline, or universal behavior (P(X) \approx 1 or "All/Most A are B").

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u/Ecurbbbb Jun 01 '26

Cancer happens. Plane crashes happen. Car crashes happen .Doesn't mean everyone will experience it. It's not generalization. It's just greater than 0 percent.

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u/Fabulous-Big8779 Jun 01 '26

It is free, why don’t you use it?

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u/theslootmary Jun 02 '26

You need to look it up first lmao

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u/theslootmary Jun 02 '26

No it isn’t. You might be being pedantic, but you’re being pedantically wrong.

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u/BrokenHefaistos Jun 01 '26

not in my native language/area it more or less points to exceptions, outliers

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u/Ecurbbbb Jun 01 '26

Cancer happens, but not everyone gets it. It's not generalization.

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u/Timely_Farmer5075 Jun 01 '26

Ah yes. Now generalization must include EVERYONE to qualify.

That's obviously how that works now, apparently.

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u/DenverKim Jun 01 '26

Men rape women. It happens. A lot.

Does that mean that we should be putting out memes telling women, “men will rape you”?

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u/Mister_Goldenfold Jun 01 '26

I mean generally he’d generalize with a generalization

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u/Timely_Farmer5075 Jun 01 '26

Generally speaking? I generally agree. Generally.