RoyMathers I am Spartacus!  43,847 posts Likes: 2908 Joined Dec 2006 Location: Hertfordshire, United Kingdom More info | Aug 04, 2007 17:08 | #1 I think it marvellous that, apparently, very few people have problems any more. It seems that people today have 'issues'. Why is that do you think? Why do people say such things as "I have an issue with my camera's shutter" - and why don't they say "problem"?
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Pete I was "Prime Mover" many years back....  38,631 posts Likes: 25 Joined Jul 2006 Location: Berkshire, UK More info | Aug 04, 2007 17:11 | #2 |
cylentka I didn't do it!!!  10,133 posts Joined Jul 2006 Location: Indiana More info | Aug 04, 2007 17:42 | #3 Interesting BLOG Wanda
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deadpass Goldmember  3,353 posts Joined Jun 2006 Location: phoenix, az More info | Aug 04, 2007 17:50 | #4 wow that's a pretty accurate blog and I agree in terms of people vs. people. In the technology realm I think it's a bit different in that a problem would mean you believe the technology to be in error i.e "I have a problem with my shutter" whereas an issue could mean user error that's not readily obvious what the problem is, i.e. "do I have a back-focus issue?" which would imply that it might be the camera or it could be the user. a camera
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RoyMathers THREAD STARTER I am Spartacus! 43,847 posts Likes: 2908 Joined Dec 2006 Location: Hertfordshire, United Kingdom More info | Aug 04, 2007 17:55 | #5 deadpass wrote in post #3669269  wow that's a pretty accurate blog and I agree in terms of people vs. people. In the technology realm I think it's a bit different in that a problem would mean you believe the technology to be in error i.e "I have a problem with my shutter" whereas an issue could mean user error that's not readily obvious what the problem is, i.e. "do I have a back-focus issue?" which would imply that it might be the camera or it could be the user. I'm sorry, but that makes no sense at all. A problem is a problem - why call it an issue?
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cylentka I didn't do it!!! 10,133 posts Joined Jul 2006 Location: Indiana More info | Aug 04, 2007 18:01 | #6 Roy Mathers wrote in post #3669283 I'm sorry, but that makes no sense at all. A problem is a problem - why call it an issue? What would you call an issue? Wanda
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deadpass Goldmember 3,353 posts Joined Jun 2006 Location: phoenix, az More info | Aug 04, 2007 18:01 | #7 It makes perfect sense to me but allow me to try again. a camera
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RoyMathers THREAD STARTER I am Spartacus! 43,847 posts Likes: 2908 Joined Dec 2006 Location: Hertfordshire, United Kingdom More info | Aug 04, 2007 18:18 | #8 cylentka wrote in post #3669303 What would you call an issue? As a noun, anything here -
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Naturalist Adrift on a lonely vast sea 5,769 posts Likes: 1251 Joined May 2007 More info | A problem is something you overcome while an issue is something that you deal with.
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cylentka I didn't do it!!! 10,133 posts Joined Jul 2006 Location: Indiana More info | Aug 04, 2007 18:37 | #10 I think this is the definition that people are using when they don't want to use the word "problem" issue an important question that is in dispute and must be settled; "the issue could be settled by requiring public education for everyone"; "politicians never discuss the real issues" I think people use "issues" when they want to bring something to someones attention without using an emotion-laden word like "problems". Saying someone has "issues" is kinder than saying someone has "problems", I guess. Probably due to the way we think of problems as being unsolvable, whereas issues have answers. No one likes to admit they have problems, so we have issues instead. In my mind, a problem is something that needs solved, like a math problem. An issue is something that needs to be dealt with somehow even if you don't really solve anything. (can you tell I work for the government? Wanda
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cylentka I didn't do it!!! 10,133 posts Joined Jul 2006 Location: Indiana More info | Aug 04, 2007 18:38 | #11 Naturalist wrote in post #3669438 A problem is something you overcome while an issue is something that you deal with. The PTB do not want people overcoming anything - just deal with it. Wow, that is a much more concise way of saying what I just said! Wanda
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RoyMathers THREAD STARTER I am Spartacus! 43,847 posts Likes: 2908 Joined Dec 2006 Location: Hertfordshire, United Kingdom More info | Aug 04, 2007 18:38 | #12 Excuse my ignorance, but what is or are PTB?
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Jon Cream of the Crop  69,628 posts Likes: 227 Joined Jun 2004 Location: Bethesda, MD USA More info | Aug 04, 2007 19:06 | #13 Powers That Be Jon
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Mum2J&M Goldmember  3,429 posts Likes: 2 Joined May 2007 Location: Bedford, MA More info | Aug 04, 2007 20:10 | #14 |
nicksan Man I Like to Fart  24,738 posts Likes: 53 Joined Oct 2006 Location: NYC More info | I've got lots of issues in my life and that's a problem.
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