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Not a bit, but maybe sport? I truly believe everything I said, and I believe it's a solid argument against a practice I see as silly and unsustainable: replacin
by feoren 3y ago
Not a bit, but maybe sport? I truly believe everything I said, and I believe it's a solid argument against a practice I see as silly and unsustainable: replacing any word that sounds superficially related to the name "Earth" as soon as the events are happening on some other planet. I'm saying that whatever reasons you use to avoid "earthquake" because it's on Mars, the exact same reasons mean you should avoid the term "romantic" to describe something that isn't written in Latin -- this shows the reasoning is deeply flawed. Basically a proof by contradiction. I hope that came across?
But of course I realize it's completely unimportant. Arguing is fun. It's not trolling: I'm not trying to get a rise out of people. Nor is it a bit: I'm not kidding or falsely representing any of my beliefs. I'm just having a bit of sport arguing with strangers online. If you see someone online making passionate arguments about minor word-use issues, or which superhero would win in a fight, or whether the Byzantine Empire was actually part of the Roman Empire or not, you're witnessing the same sport, and you're free to engage or not as you choose.