#i am fairly certin at least the france thing i said might be wrongbut if i said anything else wrong misleading or offensive please tell me

[avellanas-nutty-empire]

Take everything everyone says with a grain of salt always

So recently coworker A of mine has told me to take what coworker B says with a grain of salt. I however, was confused. Shouldent you always be doing that with everyone? The term 'take it with a grain of salt' is designed to allow us to absorb what someone is saying, while also being ready to accept what is being said as not completely true.

No one is ever 100% correct all the time, so why arent we always taking things with a grain of salt? To not take something with a grain of salt implies that we are absorbing something with believing and accepting it 100% but that is literaly so stupid to me.

Half the info I absorb from others is opinions, and those vary in so many ways. Not everyone agrees with everyone. People are entitled to their own beliefs and opinions, but when we spread that stuff around with the intention of it being fact, when it is instead opinion or beliefe, is the worst thing you could ever do. Even facts should be taken with a grain of salt, as facts can change over time when new info is obtained.

Take Pluto for example. After NASA discovered sever other smaller planets, they decided to make a new category called dwarf planet. And Pluto fit the new category better than the old one.

In my college english class this year we actualy had an online discussion about facts, opinions, and beliefs. I brought up the Pluto thing in it, stating that facts change only because of other facts, while opinions and beliefs change by both fact, opinion, AND belief. In this discussion someone sugested that facts, such as Pluto being a dwarf planet, might just be a belief/opinion that the 'top dog' has stated, and thus is widely believed as a fact.

So while I am using the Pluto example, the point is that both facts, opinion, and beliefs can change. If we were to take everything we absorb with a grain of salt, we would be opening our minds and preparing for the possibility of change. This would make it easier to accept change such as Plutos status, or respecting that slurs, which used to be widely used, should no longer be used because of their negative effects.

If the world opened its heart to the idea of change, we wouldent have to constantly be battling the ableist's who want to 'fix' and mask disabled peoples symptoms. Or fighting for equal rights for everyone. Black people used to be viewed as property instead of people, and many people in the word are struggling with the change even to this day.

When we believe something to be 100% true, we fight against those who oppose it as anything less than 100. Think of how much more peaceful and less hate and war ridden the world might be if we just took EVERYTHING with a grain of salt. The world is subject to change, and the fact that we arent always actively preparing to accept that change is what stops good progress from happening.

The founding fathers of america did their best to set this country up for change, but instead here most american politicians are arguing over what it was they meant the country to be a VERY long time ago. As far as I know, SEVERAL other countries rewrite their constitutions on a regular. (I think France is actualy due for a new one soon but idk, that's just what I remember about my France research a year ago I could totaly be wrong or it already happened or smth)

The phrase to take something with a grain of salt might go a bit further past being open for change than what I have stated here, but the point still stands. Nothing is 100% Nothing is black and white either. Go explore about the thousands upon thousands of shades of grey! Educate yourself a little bit on things! Keep an open mind and explore things that dont fit into a set category, and dont feel like you need to contain it to a category either. Some things just are, and that's ok. You are not a hypocrite for changing your opinions and beliefs.

So I implore you today, tomorrow, and always to take everything you absorb with a little grain of salt. Including this post