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I like communicating with people using a shared understanding of the words being used, even if I have an additional, different understanding of the words, which
by furyofantares 1y ago
I like communicating with people using a shared understanding of the words being used, even if I have an additional, different understanding of the words, which I can use with other people.
That's what words are, anyway.
- dingnuts 1y agoI like calling it bullshit[0] because it's the most accurate, most understandable, and the most fun to use with a footnote 0 (featured previously on HN) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10676-024-09775-5 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10676-024-09775-5
- rad_gruchalski 1y agoIgnorance is easy to hide behind many words.
- static_void 1y agoI'm glad we can agree. I also like communicating with people using a shared understanding of the words being used, i.e. their definitions.
- furyofantares 1y agoYou might be interested to learn that the people who write down the definitions in dictionaries consider themselves to be in the business of documenting usage, not bringing commandments on stone tablets down from the mountain.
- static_void 1y agoLol. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44091037 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44091037