Comment by 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?
> At which exact point is language prohibited from evolving
Never?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_change
Yes, that was my point.
And here it is, evolving before your eyes: we're killing off the maladaptive mutant which was "opt-in by default". That's the evolution that is happening here.
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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.
> By default, you are opted in. Perfectly clear.
That's called opt-out. You're doing exactly what I described: gaslighting people into believing that opt-in and opt-out are synonymous, rendering the entire concept meaningless. The audacity of you labeling people as "political" while resorting to such Orwellian manipulation is astounding. How can you lecture others about the purpose of languages with a straight face when you're redefining terms to make it impossible for people to express a concept?
These are examples of what "opt-in by default" actually means. It means having the user manually consent to something every time, the polar opposite your definition.
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37314981
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