Does your opinion matter?

Mine were usually swiped from pops hahah

Opinions matter when they're informed. Otherwise, nope.

Only if you think everything is relative. Cause and effect shows us that's not the case. 

For example. Is it my opinion that the sun is a large ball of hydrogen gas that is being fused into helium and other elements, emitting light, heat, and other radiation in the process?

Yes, but it's also an established fact, by observation. 

"But, you're just using terms that man, in his opinion, invented! It's only "fact" because man has defined those words to mean those things!"

True, but those actions and reactions exist, regardless of what man calls it. That object was there before man was around to name and define it, doing what it does. It exists and does what it does entirely independently of man. 

"But, then, you can't say someone else's definition of things is any more, or any less, valid than yours! It's all just a construct of language!"

No. Language came about so that man could communicate what he sees, thinks, and feels, things that exist independently of language. "Star" is a description of a concept, a thing, something that exists, which two (or more) humans can see and relate to in the same way, whether that word is "star", or "stella", or "vinmeen" or "estrella" or "stern" or "hoku." Those words all mean "that bright, shiny, warm thing up there."

("See! You just said it yourself! "Relate!" It's all relative...!")

It's only when someone comes along and points to, for example, a dog, and insists that it is a star. Once it's explained to that person that, no, that word means that bright, warm thing in the sky, and not this thing with the teeth, snout, and fur, that person either accepts the words, or they break with definition. When someone breaks with definition without intent, they are called "irrational." When they break with definition intentionally, they are called "liar." 

Language is the vehicle by which mankind shares what is inside with what is outside. But that doesn't change the reality of the world outside of him. And that means that it isn't all just "opinion."



Yes, but I liked the question and thought it deserved a serious answer.

What is that? A movie?

I recognize both, but usually spell it "-er".  And color without the "u".  And isn't "theatre" too grandiose a term for a place showing Bad Santa IV (or whatever)?  The "theatre" moniker should be reserved for Hamlet, My Fair Lady, or a film like Fritz Lang's Metropolis where the venue serves wine and everybody attending is self impressed imo.

Language. It's balderdash.

I'm thinking the "-er" vs. "-re" is just a marketing cue to inform potential customers whether or not it's permissible to sneak in some Mike & Ikes and those little bottles of Brandy.