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90% of the time when people say "IN MY OPINION" what they're doing is signally that they don't hold the opinion they're about to express so strongly that they'd be willing to get into a heated debate/argument over it. They're basically conceding you permission to disagree.
That's morphed into people expecting that declaration for everything so they don't feel disrespected by disagreement.
Which is super weird cause it only seems to apply in certain circumstances, usually media criticism. If I say "Jack Black was always an annoying asshole." No one smugly tells me I should have instead said "it is in my humble opinion that Jack Black has always been an asshole.' They just make the very easy mental connection. If a statement is either inherently an opinion based on its nature there is no need to preface it, it's a waste of time.
I think it's more a matter of gaging how popular your take is going to be with those in your immediate surroundings. Everyone here is probably going to agree with you assessment of Jack Black.
Pick a different guy then. It's just an example.
Yeah, Idk why people assume they have to have that "permission". Obviously I am hip to the idea people like Skyrim...