# Derek Jeter backing Jorge Posada **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 16, 2011, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derek-jeter-backing-jorge-posada/582145 "2011-05-16T22:08:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derek-jeter-backing-jorge-posada/582145/81 "2011-05-19T04:38:43Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > So a lack of life experience deprives me of the right to an opinion? _OK_ :rolleyes: No. It prevents you from having an informed opinion on certain issues. Like this one, for instance. Real world work environments just don’t usually work the way you seem to think they should. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derek-jeter-backing-jorge-posada/582145/82 "2011-05-19T04:44:12Z")
I admit, I never expected my opinion to be popular. But I appreciate you saying it’s Ok I have one. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derek-jeter-backing-jorge-posada/582145/83 "2011-05-19T04:49:47Z")
It isn’t a popularity contest. Your opinion on this matter is simply not reasonable. Many people, with years of actual relevant experience, have attempted to explain this to you. _It appears that what we have here is failure to communicate._ ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derek-jeter-backing-jorge-posada/582145/84 "2011-05-19T05:06:18Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > I admit, I never expected my opinion to be popular. But I appreciate you saying it’s Ok I have one. It’s OK for you to have one. But it’s probably better for everyone if you don’t share it with us.😉 ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derek-jeter-backing-jorge-posada/582145/85 "2011-05-19T14:14:44Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > So a lack of life experience deprives me of the right to an opinion? _OK_ :rolleyes: When my son was still in the single digit ages, he tried to get around an erroneous statement with the “opinion” argument. I explained to him that you can’t, for instance, say that _broccoli tastes like chocolate_ and get around the fact that it doesn’t just by saying _well, that’s my opinion._ Hopefully you too will take this lesson to heart. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derek-jeter-backing-jorge-posada/582145/86 "2011-05-20T02:04:07Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > So a lack of life experience deprives me of the right to an opinion? _OK_ :rolleyes: I didn’t say that. But you do seem pretty ignorant of the way the real world works. Some experience would remedy that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derek-jeter-backing-jorge-posada/582145.md?page=4)