When people use "I feel" and "I think" interchangeably.
Similarly, when people call facts opinions and opinions facts.
Maybe I am autistic.
I have since outgrown the first pet peeve, recognizing that because sometimes feelings and intuition on the larger picture influences beliefs very strongly, but that if someone says "I think" in that case another person may attack them if they are not basing their conclusion on something empirical.
In my mind they still have every right to say "I think," but I have become more open-minded to the evolution of "I feel" to have more overlapping meaning with "I think"; a change that is valuable largely for "I feel"'s softer tone.
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