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Some of the first non-apian drones to ever fly were "missiles". You're going to have to invent time travel, go back over a century, and murder all of the peopl
by snakeyjake 3y ago
Some of the first non-apian drones to ever fly were "missiles".
You're going to have to invent time travel, go back over a century, and murder all of the people who started calling drones "drones" if you want to win this battle.
- 1letterunixname 3y agoA crushed bit of paper could be a "missile." The mass media put its thumb on the scale, lambasting phenomena by reforging certain words to create a culture of fear and taboo using such example words as "hacker", "terrorist", and "drone". And while a Unabomber approach to language use is unlikely to influence anyone, it's important to know the history of multiple meaning of words because those are additional meanings because a single word means different things to different people based on situational factors. To suggest one meaning is more "right" than another is to champion some people's experiences and invalid others'.
- shiroiushi 3y ago>A crushed bit of paper could be a "missile." As anyone who's played D&D knows, an arrow shot from a bow, or a rock shot from a slingshot, is a "missile".