Posts like this should just implement the poll feature. You'll have your answer in 24h. Then go and quibble with your data.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newpoll

I’ve been here for years and somehow never knew about this feature

A preliminary discussion is more efficacious than polling uniformed users.

Apologies for my sibling reply here (now flagged and downvoted to oblivion) if it was offensive to you. I thought I knew you irl and was making an overly familiar joke. Typos are nit inherently funny.

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And "picturing" is just a florid way of saying "imagining", no?

The art of language lives in its redundancy; every unforced choice is a venue for self-expression.

Yes, I love the redundancy of English. Language makes a playground of our minds. And yes, "picturing" is another way of saying "imagining", but to me and my mind it carries more of a connotation of visualization. Imagining may have its root in "imaging", but encompasses more imho, describing the entire Reality Construction Kit.

"Unforced choice" is an interesting phrase. Perhaps another discussion, another time. End self-expression.