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I think I'm piggy-backing off of something you're not talking about, I'm not sure. But I wanted to say it anyway. > The phrase "*did you think anybody here wants to hear about instagram*" isn't just a personal reaction, People say things like this when what they mean is "*I* don't want to hear about Instagram" *all the time.* If you're listening for it, you can pick language like this out near constantly. It's really, really dishonest, and it drives me crazy. A person won't say "I didn't like this movie," but they will say "this movie is bad" because they know the second one gets taken more seriously. They effortlessly move a subjective opinion into the objective, and this is where, like, 90% of arguments about media stem from. People are constantly embellishing their opinions to seem more important than they are, and I really wish they would stop treating the public consensus like a game of King of the Hill. That's not to say that speaking for a crowd is always a bad thing, but god do people abuse it.