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Ok, I'm not in the best of moods, but: "Truly it's awesome"? Are you kidding? It fills you with awe? Really? Critique aside, that's to well worn now, some lik
by alan_cx 13y ago
Ok, I'm not in the best of moods, but: "Truly it's awesome"?
Are you kidding? It fills you with awe? Really?
Critique aside, that's to well worn now, some like it some don't, but what word would you use for child birth, Niagara Falls, the launch of a space rocket, a tsunami, a nuclear explosion, or a cure for cancer?
- na85 13y agoI bet you're a fun guy at parties. Don't you think that maybe, just maybe, people use the word "awesome" to describe things that don't literally fill you with awe? Or are you still stuck in that phase of growth where you think you've found enlightenment and feel the need to nitpick everyone around you because you haven't yet grasped that language constructs are mutable? I mean, I can use it in the literal sense: Your pedantry and sour-puss-ness are awesome. I am in awe of how much of a pedantic sour puss you are. But then again you might jump on me because sour-puss-ness isn't a word. I'll be sure to go read my Funk & Wagnall's from cover to cover before I post on HN again.