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[–] 69 points 3 years ago (17 children)

I don't think I can take much more of this. Everything is getting so watered down, even though there are fucking definitions and volumes of books written on everything.

Fucking EVERYTHING is up for grabs, words have no meaning, and you can twist literally anything to fit your agenda, and a bunch of braying jackasses will eat it up with a gigantic spoon.

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  • [–] 47 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (14 children)

    "Um, actually, language changes all the time so words mean whatever I want them to mean. That's why I am now a literal doctor of linguistics according to my own definitions of what 'doctor' and 'linguistics' mean." very-intelligent

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  • [–] 28 points 3 years ago* (7 children)

    being extremely obnoxious about linguistics (wikipedia pages and arguing over descriptive vs prescriptive only) was one of the defining characteristics of early reddit comment sections. That shit still sets off my alarm bells lol

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (4 children)

    I chose linguistics as my example of autodidactical solipsistic bullshit because of experience with the type.

    EDIT: Disclaimer: I'm didn't intend to knock Chomsky's linguistics expertise; I had used an emoji about him because I mentioned linguistics, but now I see how that can be taken as saying he wasn't qualified as a linguist, which wasn't my intention so I removed the emoji. That said, he can be criticized for other reasons epstein

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    that's not quite fair whatever you think about Chomsky politically his work on linguistics is impressive.

    Richard Dawkins is a knob but he still does know about biology

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I wasn't actually intending to knock Chomsky in that way there, only posting the emoji because "linguistics" reference and associations because hehe emoji.

    That said, his "none of your damn business" response to epstein questions was very sus.

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  • [+] 24 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children)
  • I'm thinking back to an argument on the Internet (I half heartedly replied to dissenters as I posted lefty propaganda) where they contested my claim that right wing meant that you're in favor of hierarchical organization of society and that necessarily means corporations because it's meta. And they were all "right wing means different things at different times. Sometimes it means a mountain village with bakers and shit." Baby brain and you know their ass only wants a certain kind of person in that village

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