Counterpoint: I've gone the coward's way out by using the word 'potentially'. You are making your perception available to me through discussion; whether it can or cannot be changed is irrelevant since the meaning of the discussion lies in having it.

[ the microwave beeps. kaveh removes it, still-steaming, from its container. he fusses about in the cabinet for plates. ]

You said you had beers in the fridge?