Yeah, on second thought, please take that as the spirit of a recommendation and not the letter; the main threat vector I see is causing people confusion about what constitutes rigor or precision or a literal claim. I agree that there are a lot of cases where “this is not a literal claim” is pretty obvious on the surface to all-but-Lizardman-constant of the audience, and in those cases do not think a sign saying HERE COMES A POEM is always or even often indicated.
Yeah, on second thought, please take that as the spirit of a recommendation and not the letter; the main threat vector I see is causing people confusion about what constitutes rigor or precision or a literal claim. I agree that there are a lot of cases where “this is not a literal claim” is pretty obvious on the surface to all-but-Lizardman-constant of the audience, and in those cases do not think a sign saying HERE COMES A POEM is always or even often indicated.