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The term has been literally decimated. Irregardless of original meaning, it is now loost.

ManuelKiessling 5y ago
Considering the original meaning of the term „decimated“, that other term probably has not been decimated, at least not literally.
- mikestew 5y ago
  I do miss /.'s "whoosh", even if the rest of the place has gone to hell. But I'm firmly convinced that the commenter you're replying to is all too aware of the definition of "decimate", and the word's abuse at the hands of others. The rest of the sentence seems to make that clear, but could be missed by non-native English speakers.
  - function_seven 5y ago
    Ha. The hill I'm ready to die on is never using the '\s' tag. If it's not apparent enough without it, then maybe it's not worth writing at all?
    - mmcdermott 5y ago
      I can understand that. The only slight distinction I see is that if you make a sarcastic statement in real life, there are a number of other cues to inform the listeners of sarcastic intent. Tone of voice and body language would be the main ones, but prior knowledge of the speaker is also key. None of those survive into a digital space and so I think having some sort of convention to replace its loss seems reasonable.
      - ithinkso 5y ago
        It's not a slight distinction, the smirk is missing and is replaced by the '/s' It awfully similar to humming or 'pretend percussion with your fingers' of the song you're hearing in your head. It's basically spot on for you but most of the time no one else has a clue what the hell are you trying to pretend to play
        puchatek 5y ago
        Except in this particular case several people picked up on the sarcasm without the /s. I would say "omit at your own risk".
    - teddyh 5y ago
      No sarcasm can be apparent enough for everybody, according to Poe’s law.
  - ManuelKiessling 5y ago
    Got me! I’m indeed not a native speaker, but I didn’t want that to stop me from giving it a try.
- mig39 5y ago
  I think you missed the sarcasm. "Irregardless" "Literally" "loost" ...
labster 5y ago
I think I would have gone with “irregardless of what it once was, it did loose it’s original meaning.” But all’s swell that ends swell.
- teachrdan 5y ago
  It's literally half of one, six-dozen of the other.
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Considering the original meaning of the term „decimated“, that other term probably has not been decimated, at least not literally.

mikestew 5y ago
I do miss /.'s "whoosh", even if the rest of the place has gone to hell. But I'm firmly convinced that the commenter you're replying to is all too aware of the definition of "decimate", and the word's abuse at the hands of others. The rest of the sentence seems to make that clear, but could be missed by non-native English speakers.
- function_seven 5y ago
  Ha. The hill I'm ready to die on is never using the '\s' tag. If it's not apparent enough without it, then maybe it's not worth writing at all?
  - mmcdermott 5y ago
    I can understand that. The only slight distinction I see is that if you make a sarcastic statement in real life, there are a number of other cues to inform the listeners of sarcastic intent. Tone of voice and body language would be the main ones, but prior knowledge of the speaker is also key. None of those survive into a digital space and so I think having some sort of convention to replace its loss seems reasonable.
    - ithinkso 5y ago
      It's not a slight distinction, the smirk is missing and is replaced by the '/s' It awfully similar to humming or 'pretend percussion with your fingers' of the song you're hearing in your head. It's basically spot on for you but most of the time no one else has a clue what the hell are you trying to pretend to play
      - puchatek 5y ago
        Except in this particular case several people picked up on the sarcasm without the /s. I would say "omit at your own risk".
  - teddyh 5y ago
    No sarcasm can be apparent enough for everybody, according to Poe’s law.
- ManuelKiessling 5y ago
  Got me! I’m indeed not a native speaker, but I didn’t want that to stop me from giving it a try.
mig39 5y ago
I think you missed the sarcasm. "Irregardless" "Literally" "loost" ...

labster 5y ago

I think I would have gone with “irregardless of what it once was, it did loose it’s original meaning.” But all’s swell that ends swell.

teachrdan 5y ago
It's literally half of one, six-dozen of the other.

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