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There are other ways to cheer up. Making up bullshit or propagating bullshit is always going to have a cost. Admittedly there is a very low cost here. But the
by ribs 6y ago
There are other ways to cheer up.
Making up bullshit or propagating bullshit is always going to have a cost. Admittedly there is a very low cost here.
But there’s also a ridiculously low benefit.
No one, I warrant, will have their life’s happiness seriously impacted by an author urging people to abandon these nonsensical terms. Not even those who write articles about these terms - these are by and large the only people who use them - as it gives them something to struggle against, and we all love a good struggle.
- eyelidlessness 6y agoYou can be a dismissive jerk all you want, but I can also point out that you're severely lacking in reading comprehension based on your poor reasoning for being a dismissive jerk [shrug emoji!]
- staticautomatic 6y agoBullshit is of obvious benefit to the bullshitter.
- crossroadsguy 6y agoIn fact this cheered me up. In these uncertain times when life has all of those negative attributes amplified for almost everyone I actually felt excitement and happiness that I am not the only one who has been loathing such bullshit linguistic practices all these years.
- KineticLensman 6y agoA salesperson I knew described 'bullshit' as the grease that lubricates the wheels of technology as they roll into the future
- Grustaf 6y agoIt's not bullshit though since it's an actual feature of the language, if not very commonly used. The benefit might be small, but on the other hand there is no downside at all so it's net positive.