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the only thing suffering here, is language. things, no matter how vigorously anthomorphisized, can niether die, or be born.
by metalman 5mo ago
the only thing suffering here, is language.
things, no matter how vigorously anthomorphisized, can niether die, or be born.
- krapp 5mo agoThings can die and be born. The usage of those terms in relation to non-living entities and absent a description of biological progeny and senescence has been commonplace in English for centuries. For instance, the "birth" of a new era, or the "death" of disco. You may find it easier to function in modern society without having such a strictly literal view of language. Idioms and metaphors do exist.
- wongarsu 5mo agoThis has to be trolling. You can't claim in one sentence that language is suffering, then in the next claim that only living beings can die or be born. How is abstract concepts suffering fine, but abstract concepts dying isn't?
- metalman 5mo agoA contradiction here and there is part of the discource of persuasion, but outrage is a good sign that a bunch who call themselves engineers are floundering mightly. The (white?) elephant in the room is very and most defintly bieng anthomophisized like nothing ever before, well not counting our species proclivity to deify almost anyTHING. One gazillion processing cores, check√ 53 contrillian zillawatts power, check√ 9 billion consumption units, check√ uptake, marginal~ bills, unpaid^
- kjs3 5mo agoCapital letters are apparently suffering a little.
- stalfosknight 5mo agoI really wonder how much time and effort people think they are saving by avoiding the Shift key.
- kjs3 5mo agoIt's not about saving time. It's a poseur thing.
- llbbdd 5mo agoIt's formal vs. informal register; both of you are doing a version of the classic "Can I go to the bathroom?" / "I don't know, can you?" bit
- kjs3 5mo agoNo it's not and no we're not. It's a trite, annoying, contrived affect. No true scottsman does it.
- llbbdd 5mo agoIt is. You understood what he said perfectly and chose to complain about a lack of formality for some reason; just like how you misspelled Scotsman lowercased and with two t's and I still understood what you said. It's also just how younger people have been communicating online for some time now, if that helps you inspect your belief that it's contrived or why you find it annoying.
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