[oblio]

One person's funny is another person's cringy, when dealing with large groups of people.

So yes, at a certain scale it is a dichotomous choice. Ergo stock images and press-release speak.

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I'll give you an example, right now:

Why "dichotomous"? You could have used "binary" and sounded much less pompous, without any special effort on your part.

See how "funny/interesting" vs "cringy" works on the internet? :-))

[rhencke]

Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith.

Dichotomous was chosen because it was the correct word, not for any other reason.

[oblio]

Binary is also correct for that context ;-)

Regarding the last part, it was just a meant to be a funny jab, don't take it too seriously. I was just trying to prove, using your own words, that on the internet it's really easy for anything to turn into a binary choice.

You chose a less known word, a "fancy" word, and I pretended to be offended by it.

Just like Qt tried to add what they considered some funny lines to their examples, and several people here considered those lines "cringy".

Unless everything you say or present is bland, you can't really escape criticism. That's why many companies don't bother for these situations where being funny/interesting doesn't matter and they just "lorem ipsum" their way to the bank. There's nothing to gain, only to lose.