Shareefruck
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Since the original list is being questioned-- A thread-making pet peeve of mine that I always come across is, when the topic is something inherently open-ended like "what is the best _____ of all time", why do thread-makers feel the need to restrict the choices to what they feel should be in contention-- it kind of defeats the purpose of asking, doesn't it? Logically speaking, shouldn't that question not be a poll at all, unless an agreeable/majority consensus was already reached? Or, if they want it to be a poll, wouldn't a more honest title be "Which is the best among these?"
I'm sure the intentions are totally sincere in this case, but doing that does seem to inherently come across like this weird cross between asking people what is the best and telling people/enforcing what is an acceptable answer.
Don't know if it's any better, but the reason I'm playing around with it is because people kept making the "how can something be better than perfect?" complaint. Maybe flawless communicates that better (zero flaws, without necessarily actively blowing your mind/inspiring you/making you act aggressively orgasmic about it)? Maybe not.
I'm sure the intentions are totally sincere in this case, but doing that does seem to inherently come across like this weird cross between asking people what is the best and telling people/enforcing what is an acceptable answer.
But you're not using the same numbers anywaysDamn, now I need to edit my Sharee ranking system. I like flawless better than perfect anyway, I suppose.
Don't know if it's any better, but the reason I'm playing around with it is because people kept making the "how can something be better than perfect?" complaint. Maybe flawless communicates that better (zero flaws, without necessarily actively blowing your mind/inspiring you/making you act aggressively orgasmic about it)? Maybe not.
I think it's very reasonable to argue otherwise, personally.This is for the #1 ranking though. Obviously personal taste differs, but I think you'd have a hard time making the argument that besides the omission of Band of Brothers perhaps as a replacement for Game of Thrones, there's anything that shouldn't be there if we're talking about the best HBO series.
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