I’ll start, I missed the outdoor cats struggle session so i don’t know what its deal was except a vague idea that outdoor cats were bad, so I’ve let my two cats stay being outdoor cats because I feel bad locking them inside, like I want to give them some experience of freedom to go where they please so they can live more fulfilling lives
Edit: also kruschev is imo a lot better than most hexbear users give him credit for
ACAB includes spins wheel dictionaries. Prescriptivist spelling is classist.
I’ve actually seen this argument go down but I don’t remember if it was here or not
Am I allowed to say “this, but only half-ironically”?
The problem isn’t really with dictionaries, which are a great tool for documenting and learning a language as it changes. I have nothing but respect for the editors of dictionaries. The problem is more with the way that a lot of people treat dictionaries as an authority, even though that isn’t what they’re supposed to be used for. This ends up being just one way in which a sort of hegemonic standard language is established/reproduced, which marginalizes non-standard language use.
…I dunno where I’m going with this. I just started typing and then blacked out for a second.
nono 1. you never admit irony voluntarily and 2. blacking out and continuing the rant is what starts the best struggle sessions. in the spirit of this thread, BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD, AND THE POST MUST CONTINUE FOR HIS THRONE
Prescriptivism is racist! Every culture and subculture has “correct” grammar! Everyone has an accent even if they don’t acknowledge it! You’ll never catch me alive spelling police!
*jumps out the window on to a waiting horse*
100% unironically absolutely agree. Standardization of spelling was a bougeious trick played on society to make factory work more efficient and linguistic prescriptivists are are scum.
Descriptivist gang gang!
Oh sit I just realized I fucked up this meme now I have to fo and fix it.