protip: talking like this ("the takes were right directionally, but wrong magnitude-wise") is the secret handshake that makes you a member in good standing of the white male pundit social club 
no normal person talks like this and the ideas being communicated are just broad observations undeserving of a veneer of mathematical precision. it's just a register - one designed to convey the speaker's own empiricism, objective rationality, and authoritative knowledge
code-switching to protect privilege
in 2020, there's significantly increased awareness of how, for instance, sports talk and sports metaphors can act as gatekeeping devices for clubby inner circles mostly populated by men
what I'm saying, is that there are other, more subtle devices that perform the same role
what I'm saying, is that there are other, more subtle devices that perform the same role
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