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Why the style meter is nothing that you should take too seriously.

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In  this entry  I already talked about subjectivity, objectivity and other topics, but since it goes too deep (and will stay unfinished forever, probably) I will make a summary of the main points in a more practical way. Which will be important later when talking about the Style Meter itself. Think about a simple table in your home. You consistently use it, put things on it, touch it, etc. People around you do the same. And the perception of the whole system of phenomenona and elements around you (the ones that you think you understand) are consistent with the hypothesis that, indeed, the table most probably exists (even if not necessarily exactly as you perceive it). And you consider it a fact . It could still be a visual and tactile hallucination, but it's simply not probable. What is the actual difference between a table presumably  existing objectively and a combo being subjectively good  (or not)? The table's properties are presumably outside ourselves (our percepti

"Civil".

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Depending on your attitude, insinuations, tone, incapacity to listen and reply accordingly, etc.; being  civil  on a superficial level doesn't make you necessarily immune to anything Lloyd wasn't uncivil publicly the most of the time. Lloyd didn't go around calling people idiots  from the beginning. He did insult some players later in the sense of name-calling (too) , but these were exceptions and it wasn't even publicly. Much before any name-calling from his part he was called even retard by some. And many of you know perfectly why. I don't think it's necessary to ask how much you (the ones who know at least a significant part of his mistakes) care if he was civil  on a superficial level or not. You can be civil and passive aggressive at the same time like Lloyd, Kail and others. With, for example, things like "you ignored some of my points to make it easier for you bruh", after at least 4 people (Turtle, Valy, Zodiac and myself) having