MCU_H8ER2 [none/use name]@hexbear.net to memes@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agoUse this one weird trick to have correct opinions on the USAhexbear.netimagemessage-square642fedilinkarrow-up1283arrow-down125file-text
arrow-up1258arrow-down1imageUse this one weird trick to have correct opinions on the USAhexbear.netMCU_H8ER2 [none/use name]@hexbear.net to memes@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square642fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareJohnDClaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoBut definitions change over time as people use the words differently. Except French where the government gets to decide what words mean.
minus-squareBurgerPunk [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·1 year ago Words have meaning. Your political illiteracy is not my fault
minus-squareJohnDClaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWords meaning is what we all decide they are. Not always the original.
minus-squareBurgerPunk [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·1 year agoJust because you’re illiterate doesn’t mean the squiggles I’m making don’t have meaning
minus-squareJohnDClaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoBut if enough people agree on what the squiggles mean, now they have meaning.
minus-squareBurgerPunk [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·edit-21 year agoPeople already agree on what the squiggles mean. They aren’t squiggles to us because we can read - you are saying that they mean something different because you’re illerate. Your opinion means nothing because you don’t know what you’re talking about
minus-squareBurgerPunk [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·1 year agoSure thing
But definitions change over time as people use the words differently. Except French where the government gets to decide what words mean.
Words have meaning. Your political illiteracy is not my fault
Words meaning is what we all decide they are. Not always the original.
Just because you’re illiterate doesn’t mean the squiggles I’m making don’t have meaning
But if enough people agree on what the squiggles mean, now they have meaning.
People already agree on what the squiggles mean. They aren’t squiggles to us because we can read - you are saying that they mean something different because you’re illerate. Your opinion means nothing because you don’t know what you’re talking about
Also that’s not an insult.
Sure thing
Thanks