I was correcting your interpretation of my use of the phrase, not your use of it. (On further thought I could reword it “words whose practical meaning is ‘applaud this statement’”; that might cover both.)
That doesn’t sound like something ponies would do.
Not sure which you mean, but I know there’s contradictory evidence to what I cited. I don’t think I want to talk about the “reality” of the show, though, just possible fanfic interpretations. My belief about the show is that it’ll continue to dance around the subject, and that the occasional slips will continue to contradict each other.
I find discussing “possible” interpretations to be rather pointless because basically anything is possible. There are usually 3 interpretations worth going into any depth of; the one intended by the original author, the one that has become fanon and most fans are in consensus about, and the one that would be most likely if the cannon material was interpreted as true observations about the universe.
I was correcting your interpretation of my use of the phrase, not your use of it. (On further thought I could reword it “words whose practical meaning is ‘applaud this statement’”; that might cover both.)
Not sure which you mean, but I know there’s contradictory evidence to what I cited. I don’t think I want to talk about the “reality” of the show, though, just possible fanfic interpretations. My belief about the show is that it’ll continue to dance around the subject, and that the occasional slips will continue to contradict each other.
I find discussing “possible” interpretations to be rather pointless because basically anything is possible. There are usually 3 interpretations worth going into any depth of; the one intended by the original author, the one that has become fanon and most fans are in consensus about, and the one that would be most likely if the cannon material was interpreted as true observations about the universe.