I have an honest question about this meme format for anyone with insight. “Scale” should imply the first and last are the most extreme in some way, like pH scale defining the range of acidic to basic. When people use this format, do they mean to top left and bottom right are most extreme in some way, or are they just ignoring what scale means like those POV memes do?
The format replaces “on the scale of 1-10”, with “on the scale of X”, making it deliberately lose the the meaning of scale. The possible answers are no longer 1 to 10, but X. On a scale of X, I am X. And you can choose which X, but it’s not supposed to be a scale.
I have an honest question about this meme format for anyone with insight. “Scale” should imply the first and last are the most extreme in some way, like pH scale defining the range of acidic to basic. When people use this format, do they mean to top left and bottom right are most extreme in some way, or are they just ignoring what scale means like those POV memes do?
The format replaces “on the scale of 1-10”, with “on the scale of X”, making it deliberately lose the the meaning of scale. The possible answers are no longer 1 to 10, but X. On a scale of X, I am X. And you can choose which X, but it’s not supposed to be a scale.