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[โ€“] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Right. Being #1 means being the best. "We are the best at X" is an equivalent statement to "We're #1".

Not disputing that.

What I'm saying is that both of those statements can be, and are, statements of intent.

You really think a pizza place claiming "The best pizza in NYC!" thinks they're stating an objective fact? No, they're stating their commitment to acting as if that's their role. It's a commitment to excellence and striving.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Yeaaahhh, about that.

First of all that's not how language works. If you say A but then when called out on it say "well actually I meant b to be like a" then you're just lying

Then, that intent kind of becomes questionable too when your pizza parlor is rat infested and your pizzas are covered in mold. The US has great things, like all countries, but all takeb together I consider it a third world nation that ban barely get by.