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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 9316347" data-attributes="member: 6790260"><p>I would argue there is a difference, actually. "Just because" is capricious, borne from genuinely no value or interest. If any actual interest were to appear, it would evaporate in an instant. In a certain narrow sense, it lacks sincerity; there is no feeling or motive in the choice.</p><p></p><p>"It tastes better to me" does not have that ephemeral nature. Tastes can and do change, but in general they do so only very slowly, and rarely to such an extent that what was once hated becomes loved, or vice versa. Having personally experienced such a thing, I know it <em>does</em> happen, but it's rare and (in general) the result of revealing a long-hidden truth or the like.</p><p></p><p>That said, "I don't know" doesn't mean "just because." It means that, whatever the reason is, it is not something the person can easily put into words--but that's not the same as the flippant, superficial "just because." </p><p></p><p>Indeed, I would say an earnest, "I don't know why, but I know that it matters to me" reflects a significantly deeper connection. As an example of this sort of thing, one of my trans friends did not realize that they were trans until well into adulthood, but had liked and appreciated a number of things without fully knowing <em>why</em> until after that realization. I fear I've forgotten the specific examples, but they called out specific characters and media that had appealed to them because--as they now know--it represented their internal experience for which they had no name or concept yet.</p><p></p><p><em>Sometimes</em> "I don't know" is just another way of saying "eh, I don't really have a reason, I just do it." But I think most of the time it means someone has an intuitive, emotive understanding of something that eludes cognitive description.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 9316347, member: 6790260"] I would argue there is a difference, actually. "Just because" is capricious, borne from genuinely no value or interest. If any actual interest were to appear, it would evaporate in an instant. In a certain narrow sense, it lacks sincerity; there is no feeling or motive in the choice. "It tastes better to me" does not have that ephemeral nature. Tastes can and do change, but in general they do so only very slowly, and rarely to such an extent that what was once hated becomes loved, or vice versa. Having personally experienced such a thing, I know it [I]does[/I] happen, but it's rare and (in general) the result of revealing a long-hidden truth or the like. That said, "I don't know" doesn't mean "just because." It means that, whatever the reason is, it is not something the person can easily put into words--but that's not the same as the flippant, superficial "just because." Indeed, I would say an earnest, "I don't know why, but I know that it matters to me" reflects a significantly deeper connection. As an example of this sort of thing, one of my trans friends did not realize that they were trans until well into adulthood, but had liked and appreciated a number of things without fully knowing [I]why[/I] until after that realization. I fear I've forgotten the specific examples, but they called out specific characters and media that had appealed to them because--as they now know--it represented their internal experience for which they had no name or concept yet. [I]Sometimes[/I] "I don't know" is just another way of saying "eh, I don't really have a reason, I just do it." But I think most of the time it means someone has an intuitive, emotive understanding of something that eludes cognitive description. [/QUOTE]
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