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You're being very pedantic about something that's fundamentally arbitrary and culturally defined. What makes your preferred usage the correct one?
by jgwil2 4y ago
You're being very pedantic about something that's fundamentally arbitrary and culturally defined. What makes your preferred usage the correct one?
- isaacremuant 4y agoOP was categorical and wrong. I'm specific and right, but in the wrong place (HN is Reddit nowadays, preach to the choir or downvotes). It's not preferred. It's historically accurate and I'm not the one with the burden of proof. He asserted the wrong thing, but that didn't make you question him.
- jgwil2 4y agoHmm, I'd say the burden of proof is on you since you're the one arguing that one common usage among many is "right" and all others are wrong.
- isaacremuant 4y agoThen you're being purposely blind and not reading the comment that started it all https://news.ycombinator.com/context?id=35569350 https://news.ycombinator.com/context?id=35569350 This is so funny (and trivial). It really shows how people in this site and in most of these Reddit like forums operate nowadays. Hegemonic views can't be challenged and are the default and logic will not be used.