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Tl:dr Older form-culture losing significance for a newer generation, older generation grumbles about young impetuous whippersnappers.
by forgotpwtomain 9y ago
Tl:dr Older form-culture losing significance for a newer generation, older generation grumbles about young impetuous whippersnappers.
- treehau5 9y agoCorrect language usage is not a previous -> current generational issue. We are witnessing the dumbing down of culture or in other words: Idiocracy is becoming a documentary.
- ThrustVectoring 9y ago"Correct" is context-specific. You can - and should - use language differently when you're hanging out with working-class friends than when you're trying to advance your white-collar professional career. Like, rap albums have some incredibly clever use of a vernacular dialect of English. It's not "dumbed down" by any stretch of the imagination. It just doesn't conform to the expectations of certain groups of prestigious white-collar professionals and executives.
- shrimp_emoji 9y agoContrived formalities for more egalitarianism? Sounds like a good trade.
- icebraining 9y agoTyler Cowen argues that the rule of casual is an impediment to upward mobility: http://www.businessinsider.com/wearing-casual-clothes-at-work-to-show-wealth-2017-2 http://www.businessinsider.com/wearing-casual-clothes-at-wor...
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- dghughes 9y agoSlang is supposed to exclude those not in your group this seems similar in action. In a way it's bullying since an agreed upon style is now considered old by some but if everyone is not aware of the change how does everyone communicate respectfully? It's fundamental communication that both sides understand each other's meaning.