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      • "stating the obvious" is a correct and usable phrase in written English. It is usually used in a negative or ironic context, for instance, when one is asserting something that is generally known to be true.
  1. Oct 25, 2014 · Oftentimes when people say the obvious there’s a tendency to be sarcastic or dismissive. “No duh, it’s hot out.” Stating the obvious can be viewed as a “bid” for connection. A bid is any attempt from one person to another for attention, affirmation, affection, or any other positive connection.

  2. Jun 18, 2023 · As a somewhat insulting noun, "Captain obvious" can be used for someone who is always stating the obvious. Prolixity can be used to describe someone who says too much. This may be applicable in some cases.

  3. Jan 16, 2015 · By Karen Kelsky | January 16, 2015. There is a kind of line in job documents that is technically blameless, but is so generic, so very much “stating the obvious” that it also completely pointless. This kind of line fills space while doing nothing to distinguish you in any way.

  4. Feb 2, 2012 · The implicit deduction goes like this: "I found <concept> obvious. Thus, <concept> is inherently obvious." The problem is that obviousness, like probability, is in the mind. The stigma of "obvious" ideas has another problem in preventing things from being said at all.

  5. Sep 10, 2017 · Willful ignorance occurs when individuals realize at some level of consciousness that their beliefs are probably false, or when they refuse to attend to information that would establish their...

  6. Sep 22, 2014 · A big element of developing clarity in writing, and something which every writer will sometimes gloss over, is simply a matter of stating the obvious; that is to say, what is obvious to you as the writer, but not to the reader.

  7. I honestly can't tell which statements are the problem. One is an obvious observation while the response is an obvious predicted result. The idle chatter and pointless comments can be really annoying, and having logical responses shut it down can be similarly frustrating.

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