For you, does “pretty good” mean something is better or worse than just “good”?

@PizzaDeposit@lemm.ee · 2 years ago

For you, does “pretty good” mean something is better or worse than just “good”?

@pturn1@lemmy.world · edit-2 2 years ago

My Bad-to-Good spectrum would be:

Bad

Pretty bad

Fairly bad

Fairly good

Pretty good

Good

@waratchess@lemm.ee · 2 years ago

I would rate pretty bad as worse than bad.

@pturn1@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

“It’s not bad, but it’s still pretty bad” is a phrase I can see myself saying. Not sure about the other way round - doesn’t really work for me, but to each their own…

@can@sh.itjust.works · 2 years ago

I see it as similar to “very bad”, which would be worse than just “bad”.

@usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca · 2 years ago

I think both are correct depending on the inflection

@can@sh.itjust.works · 2 years ago

Yeah, I think it’s contextual.

@elxeno@lemm.ee · 2 years ago

And this?

@cujo@sh.itjust.works · edit-2 2 years ago

I have to say my bad-to-good ratio is probably:

Pretty bad

Bad

Not good

Ok <- Neutral

Not bad

Pretty good

Good

Which I now realize is a little weird to have “ok” be neutral, with not bad/good on either side of it.