You're not pushing. You're pulling.

Potayto, potaughto. The point is that nothing has changed (except the direction) just because you apply the pushing force towards yourself (what you, and many, are calling "pull") as opposed to away in the example i just described ("the pencil handle"/"pushing rope")

Like you said, the words we use to describe reality have no bearing on it.

Then is an entirely different scenario with different directional forces.

Lol. The only thing that has changed is the direction you apply the pushing force.

We're talking about the finger being stuck to the part of the bottle closest to you and the bottle moving towards you.

Which is the same as the pencil example when the pencil is pointed towards you and you grasp it. In the glued finger example, your finger is the handle, if you like / it is conceptually helpful for you to understand.

You're not pushing. You're pulling.

Potayto, potaughto. The point is that nothing has changed (except the direction) just because you apply the pushing force towards yourself (what you, and many, are calling "push") as opposed to away in the example i just described ("the pencil handle"/"pushing rope")

Like you said, the words we use to describe reality have no bearing on it.

Then is an entirely different scenario with different directional forces.

Lol. The only thing that has changed is the direction you apply the pushing force.

We're talking about the finger being stuck to the part of the bottle closest to you and the bottle moving towards you.

Which is the same as the pencil example when the pencil is pointed towards you and you grasp it. In the glued finger example, your finger is the handle, if you like / it is conceptually helpful for you to understand.

You're not pushing. You're pulling.

Potayto, potaughto. The point is that nothing has changed (except the direction) just because you apply the pushing force towards yourself (what you, and many, are calling "push") as opposed to away in the example i just described ("the pencil handle"/"pushing rope")

Like you said, the words we use to describe reality have no bearing on it.

Then is an entirely different scenario with different directional forces.

Lol. The only thing that has changed is the direction you apply the pushing force.

We're talking about the finger being stuck to the part of the bottle closest to you and the bottle moving towards you.

Which is the same as the pencil example when the pencil is pointed towards you and you grasp it. Your finger is the handle, if you like / it is conceptually helpful for you to understand.