GandalftheBlack

@GandalftheBlack@feddit.org

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The UK Stop Killing Games petition has reached 100.000 signatures⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  It will now be considered for debate in parliament, which is good but also doesn’t mean anything will come of it just yet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Arts & STEM⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  In Europe we have GOG instead
  G - science technology engineering maths O - ond G - gumanities

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨(☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Imagine doing a Gate of Ishtar maneuver but with the pyramids

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump says UK is protected from tariffs ‘because I like them’ as trade deal is signed off⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If Trump likes us, I feel like we’ve gone wrong somewhere

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"workers" is a dehumanizing term⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Also, even if “people with job X” caught on, that wouldn’t actually achieve anything. The impression or image in your head that you get when you hear “people who work in a factory” vs. “factory workers” is the same, even if the wording deliberately makes reference to people.

  I appreciate what the intention is behind it, just like with “people with disabilities” vs. “disabled people”, but it doesn’t address the societal issues that result in the actual discrimination/problematic views.

  This is more of a theoretical argument, but from a linguistic perspective there’s a common misconception that language shapes our perception of reality, when in fact it’s the other way round. If you talk about subject X which is looked down on for whatever reason, the commonly used word for it can take on a derogatory tone, which leads to well-meaning people using a more positive word. This is commonly seen with words for women in patriarchal societies, and it leads to a cycle of neutral words becoming derogatory and polite words becoming the new standard, until that word becomes derogatory and has to be replaced in turn. None of this is to say we shouldn’t be careful with the language we use, and in fact it’s a good way of signalling respect, but I just want to highlight that adopting new terminology is itself won’t achieve much.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AGI achieved 🤖⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But if you’ve learned IPA you can read it just fine

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Someone had to mine all the metal for the coins that end up in jars⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, it was Fred. We should thank him more often.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨He's in the weather patterns⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Image

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨He's in the weather patterns⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  He’s certainly much bigger now, or maybe just extremely flattened

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨MEN.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thankfully he didn’t actually put in any of the dangerous ingredients,

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Your brain thinks...⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Tautocarcinisation

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I must confess I laughed⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Common misconception, it’s just dedicated to one

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump cuts tariff on UK cars; American carmakers not happy about it⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Fahrt of the deal

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The hills are alive with the sound of music! 🎶🎵⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This meme implies that birds and insects are not animals

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We refer to jeans as "a pair of jeans", but the only thing that there are two of is the legs, it's still only one item of clothing.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A jumper is a bad example, because it’s not just made up of sleeves.

  A bra is a much better example. But I was never making an argument that all things made up of two parts are referred to as a pair, just my thoughts on the rationale behind cases where we do.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We refer to jeans as "a pair of jeans", but the only thing that there are two of is the legs, it's still only one item of clothing.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d say it’s less of a grammar rule and more about how things made up of two similar parts can be conceptualised

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We refer to jeans as "a pair of jeans", but the only thing that there are two of is the legs, it's still only one item of clothing.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re made up of two similar parts which form a pair, unlike a jumper

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I've done it again...⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  500g usually

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can you see yourself cutting off by a generation of gaming?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, im looking forward to picking up Witcher IV with all the DLC for £10 on Steam in a few years’ time