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   Jan Ainali (ainali@social.coop)'s status on Monday, 06-May-2024 20:39:27 JST Jan Ainali

   • Evan Prodromou

   @evan is this a prediction statement or a statement of hope?

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Monday, 06-May-2024 20:39:25 JST Evan Prodromou

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     @ainali I don't know how it could be a statement of hope.

     When I make statements of hope, I usually say things like "I hope..." or "Hopefully...".

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Tuesday, 07-May-2024 01:14:44 JST Evan Prodromou

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     @ainali OK. I think more predictive than hopeful.

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     Jan Ainali (ainali@social.coop)'s status on Tuesday, 07-May-2024 01:14:45 JST Jan Ainali

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     • Evan Prodromou

     @evan Thanks for specifying! To explain my thought process, to me, any statement about the future is open-ended unless specified (unless talking about something unavoidable). "I predict.." seems as likely as "I hope.." in such cases to me. In social media specifically, I also find that people more often talk about what they want to happen than what they think is likely to happen.