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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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*please note i deeply value and respect the vegan movement. i am just critical of how humorously it precipitates in online spaces, particularly this one. :)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Also a favorite of mine, but that meaning is usually transitive. So it “precipitates ”, not simply “precipitates”. A more syntactically equivalent synonym would be “causes” or “leads to”.

Like “slightly misusing a word on Lemmy precipitates a nerd-off”.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

“manifests” and “incarnates” are also both capable of being transitive, and i in fact use “precipitates” transitively here, it’s just that i kind of left the object of that verb implied rather than stated, most likely because i was rushing to not get cancelled

an example would be saying just “i like how quietly clouds precipitate” where “rain” is left off because implied. i recognize my sentence was a lot less obvious for sure tho 😝