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Renowned Ghibli anime art director Yamamoto dies at 70 (mainichi.jp)

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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese animation art director Nizo Yamamoto, renowned for his background illustrations for numerous Studio Ghibli and other films,

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There is no difference between saying Princess Monoke is one of the finest movies ever made and saying that animation peaked in the 2000s.

They are both examples of hyperbolic statements we all use to illustrate how passionately we hold our opinions.

The only difference between them is that you agreed with one and not the other, so it's a bit intellectually dishonest to go into an emotional argument challenging exaggerated opinions as though they were true statements, particularly when you pick and choose which ones you decide to take literally.

If I'm wrong and you really did see the latter as a statement, it's not a statement proveable by any metric which immediately makes you the easy victor and makes the other person look foolish.

At best it's a cheap win but at worst, frankly, it's unkind. It's okay to just disagree; it holds no bearing on the validity of your own opinions.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There is a difference between saying you like the color red and saying colors peaked at red.

You're right that an absolute statement is unprovable, which makes the claim ridiculous and overreaching.

As to your seemly defense of opinions, you all seem to split hairs on which opinions you take issue with.