Comment by benterix 1 year ago This is not nitpicking, this is a sane reaction to someone modifying the meaning of words on the fly. 14 comments benterix Reply klabb3 1 year ago To be fair it trips people up all the time. Even precise terminology isn't great if people misuse it. Maybe it would have been better to just use "enabled by default". troad 1 year ago The original meaning of sane is "physically healthy". Its usual modern meaning is "mentally healthy". You're using it to mean "reasonable".At which exact point is language prohibited from evolving, and why it super coincidentally the exact years you learnt it? danans 1 year ago > At which exact point is language prohibited from evolvingNever?https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_change troad 1 year ago Yes, that was my point. 5 replies → soraminazuki 1 year ago Diluting the distinction between opt-in and opt-out is gaslighting, not "evolution." troad 1 year ago That seems like an ungenerous and frankly somewhat hysterical take.By default, you are opted in. Perfectly clear.The purpose of language is communication, not validating your politics. 3 replies →
klabb3 1 year ago To be fair it trips people up all the time. Even precise terminology isn't great if people misuse it. Maybe it would have been better to just use "enabled by default".
troad 1 year ago The original meaning of sane is "physically healthy". Its usual modern meaning is "mentally healthy". You're using it to mean "reasonable".At which exact point is language prohibited from evolving, and why it super coincidentally the exact years you learnt it? danans 1 year ago > At which exact point is language prohibited from evolvingNever?https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_change troad 1 year ago Yes, that was my point. 5 replies → soraminazuki 1 year ago Diluting the distinction between opt-in and opt-out is gaslighting, not "evolution." troad 1 year ago That seems like an ungenerous and frankly somewhat hysterical take.By default, you are opted in. Perfectly clear.The purpose of language is communication, not validating your politics. 3 replies →
danans 1 year ago > At which exact point is language prohibited from evolvingNever?https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_change troad 1 year ago Yes, that was my point. 5 replies →
soraminazuki 1 year ago Diluting the distinction between opt-in and opt-out is gaslighting, not "evolution." troad 1 year ago That seems like an ungenerous and frankly somewhat hysterical take.By default, you are opted in. Perfectly clear.The purpose of language is communication, not validating your politics. 3 replies →
troad 1 year ago That seems like an ungenerous and frankly somewhat hysterical take.By default, you are opted in. Perfectly clear.The purpose of language is communication, not validating your politics. 3 replies →
To be fair it trips people up all the time. Even precise terminology isn't great if people misuse it. Maybe it would have been better to just use "enabled by default".
The original meaning of sane is "physically healthy". Its usual modern meaning is "mentally healthy". You're using it to mean "reasonable".
At which exact point is language prohibited from evolving, and why it super coincidentally the exact years you learnt it?
> At which exact point is language prohibited from evolving
Never?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_change
Yes, that was my point.
5 replies →
Diluting the distinction between opt-in and opt-out is gaslighting, not "evolution."
That seems like an ungenerous and frankly somewhat hysterical take.
By default, you are opted in. Perfectly clear.
The purpose of language is communication, not validating your politics.
3 replies →