Friend of the blog Alicorn tweets:
Why is the word "dreams" used to describe both pseudorandom nocturnal hallucinations and also heartfelt aspirations for real life?
A cynic might reply: because both the nocturnal hallucinations and the heartfelt aspirations are, for the most part, composed of lies. How many people, what proportion of the time, will actually lift a finger (or open a book, or make a telephone call) to work towards actually achieving what they believe to be heartfelt aspirations?
I said almost exactly the same thing in a tweet: "some distinguish between dreams and goals; calling a velleity a 'dream' is a tacit admission that it will never come true."
Maybe it is time for you to surrender and admit that twitter is useful and good.