10-30-2018, 02:15 PM
(10-30-2018, 01:48 PM)PhilHos Wrote: For some maybe, but for many others, no they are not a "canned response".
(10-30-2018, 01:58 PM)Nately120 Wrote: Canned doesn't have to mean insincere. I'd say thoughts and prayers is a canned response because it's predictable, pre-loaded, ready at a moment's notice, unchanging, and (this is where people can disagree) ultimately disconnected from the actual situation. We can predict "thoughts and prayers" just as we can predict the laugh track in a sit-com.
My response of "It's out of my hands" is canned, because it's always ready. Does it help? No, I guess not, but I believe it. I'm cynical enough to think that it would go from a bad response to a good one if I could sincerely say "It's in the Lord's hands" instead.
Again, total cynic here, so feel free to disregard.
I agree with Nately, here, which I'm sure is no surprise given my statement. If you look at Webster's, they list it like this: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/canned
Quote:1 : preserved in a sealed can or jar canned peaches canned pumpkin
2a : prepared or recorded in advance especially : prepared in standardized form for nonspecific use or wide distribution
b : lacking originality or individuality as if mass-produced
I'd have a hard time not classifying the "thoughts and prayers" in with that.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
