Paul Graham on Twitter: "Proposals to ban words are often mistaken, and this is in that category. "Obviously" is a widely useful word. Among other things, it's a way to qualify the surprisingness of a fact, and that's valuable when talking about ideas. "Obviously x. But also y. And surprisingly, z."… https://t.co/sr2i8dyAZH"

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1. YOUNGLING RESEARCH ‏ @YounglingAndCo 8 Apr 2019
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  2nd this
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1. Andrew Chami‏ @ChamiAndrew 8 Apr 2019
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  Obviously..
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1. Shea Bennett‏ @Sheamus 8 Apr 2019
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  Hmmm, dunno Paul. Someone wise once told me that if it's truly obvious it needn't be said, and if it isn't truly obvious labelling it so is no use to anyone/borderline insulting. Agree about not banning words but I'd counter your example works fine without the "obviously" part.
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1. Wasim Khaled‏ @WasimKhal 8 Apr 2019
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  Obviously.
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1. Ravindra Jaju‏ @jaju 8 Apr 2019
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  You are so obviously right!
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1. Aditya P. Advani‏ @aditya_advani 8 Apr 2019
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  Proposals to ban or limit arguments are also misguided. Arguing is incredibly useful when practised by open-minded people.
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1. Nikolay Tsenkov‏ @NikolayTsenkov 8 Apr 2019
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  Yet obviously good ideas are... usually bad. Hm...
  
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1. izzi‏ @izzi_cratic 8 Apr 2019
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  Agree with @shl - ‘obviously’ is not a high-quality word and is often found in condescending contexts. I believe @paulg’s disagreement is based in his perspective. If he had been a sub-management level employee at any point in the past 10 years, he might feel differently.
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