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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 5175362" data-attributes="member: 18280">Well, "the ghost of Gary Gygax DMing" and "rolling dice in a slightly different location" are similar in that they are both extreme examples.  Usually, the question as to whether or not something is "minute" is far more subjective than either.I don't argue that all words are completely subjective.  I argue that valuation is subjective.  Earlier in this thread, I even posited that valuation may not be completely subjective.I call this "Humpty-Dumpty Logic" after the bit in Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There.`When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, `it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less.' `The question is,' said Alice, `whether you can make words mean so many different things.' `The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, `which is to be master -- that's all.' Alice was too much puzzled to say anything; so after a minute Humpty Dumpty began again. `They've a temper, some of them -- particularly verbs: they're the proudest -- adjectives you can do anything with, but not verbs -- however, I can manage the whole lot of them! Impenetrability! That's what I say!' `Would you tell me please,' said Alice, `what that means?' `Now you talk like a reasonable child,' said Humpty Dumpty, looking very much pleased. `I meant by "impenetrability" that we've had enough of that subject, and it would be just as well if you'd mention what you mean to do next, as I suppose you don't mean to stop here all the rest of your life.' Impenetrability! That's what I say!Ah.  Obviously the first post in this was mine, while posting under your user name.  Mea culpa.  <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/ponder.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":hmm:" title="Hmmm    :hmm:" data-shortname=":hmm:" />All too true.RC</blockquote>

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