Comment on ‘I’m a modern-day luddite’: Meet the students who don’t use laptops

HailSeitan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• mienshao@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  What a stupid, pedantic take. Luddite can absolutely mean a person who purposefully avoids technology.

  I’m sure I’ll get downvoted, but words can have multiple meanings and take on new meanings over time. Luddite is one of them. This article used it properly.

  And anyone who disagrees with me can kiss my linguistics-degree-holding ass.

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  • KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yeah, there’s this stereotype that professional/qualified linguistics are like super prescriptive but in reality most either don’t give a shit or are interested in informal language

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• LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  What does it mean then?

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  • HellieSkellie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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    “He goes to the library with nothing but his “pen and paper,” and stays there until his essay is done. “Then I’m free to doomscroll Instagram on my phone without any guilt”

    1. He doesn’t seem very opposed to technology if he just goes straight home and doomscrolls

    2. Are laptops really new technology to this kid if they’ve existed for his entire life?

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    • wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      $5 says it’s the “what’s a computer” kid from like a decade ago

      “‘laptop’? it’s like a foldable but with half a screen??? and why is this keyboard broken, all the keys move?? how do I get an overwatch skin for it?? this is awful”

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• biofaust@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  In your defense, the statement specifies “modern-day Luddite” which compares it to the historical Luddite bands and excludes the first meaning of the Oxford dictionary.

  Also, avoiding is not the same as opposing.

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