If someone rants about someone I know, should I tell them "I understand" to appease them? « Compesh

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If someone rants about someone I know, should I tell them "I understand" to appease them?

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tynamite

No because you don't understand, and you could never understand, because you wasn't there to see it for yourself. Saying that would just brush them off. You wouldn't be told what you were told, if you understood prior to the rant.

What's an assertion, and what should I type in?

Compesh is a question and answer (and debate) website, so before you make a debate, you better learn what an assertion is. I suppose you already know what a question is, and that you've typed it in the box. ;)

An assertion, is basically a statement you can make, that is either true or false.

Richer people have better health.

The question for that would be, Do richer people have better health?

And don't forget to make your assertion, match your question.