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Yes? When there is a clear and accurate way to describe an event and you deliberately don't do that it is, clearly, unacceptable.
by remarkEon 4y ago
Yes?
When there is a clear and accurate way to describe an event and you deliberately don't do that it is, clearly, unacceptable.
- yellowapple 4y agoYou must be a real hit at Vulcan social gatherings ;) Using figures of speech in headlines is hardly new; here on Earth, it's indeed quite common, and most of us Earthlings have no trouble understanding that "melting" ain't meant literally.
- remarkEon 4y agoI'm not following why the fact that using figure of speech is common in headlines is related to my point, which is that we should ask the journalist class to be more accurate in what they report. >and most of us Earthlings have no trouble understanding that "melting" ain't meant literally. Do you actually mean this? We've spent the last couple years lamenting the rise of fake news and how easily influenced people are now because of social media. If you write a headline that says "data centers are melting" don't be surprised when 20% or, hell, 50% of people think that's actually what's going on. Not everyone is an engineer who understands this stuff.