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language hot take rule (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

You're really comparing language to engineering

STEM brainrot take

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago (1 children)

STEM brainrot take

Gotta love a civil discussion.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I was able to clearly understand your message even though you defied prescriptive conventions by using "gotta"

Gotta love how language evolves. I'm going to fuck up so many conventions today, just you wait and see!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

THEM: don't make language less expressive

YOU: wow you just used a thing that makes language more expressive CHECKMATE

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

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I like you

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

When it comes to grammar and syntax it makes sense though. Common rules help us understand each other.

Except that we're talking about individual words here. It's not as if we're saying verbs are over now or that all sentences have to be all "Shaka, when the walls fell" or something.

You could have made that point without being rude towards the entirety of the STEM community, but chose not to.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

You're in a discussion about language but unable to navigate analogy? Or even just be civil and engage in a respectful manner? Maybe sit this one out.