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[–]HouseplantWomen who disagree with QT are a different sex[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

And when the instructor says draw a triangle, what the fuck is the student meant to draw?

Do you really think it’s effective for words to not have distinct meanings and for everything to rely on context and diagrams? Or is this just the hill you have to die on to never have to admit that transwomen and women are distinct and seperate groups despite trying to force language changes.

[–]circlingmyownvoid2 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

And when the instructor says draw a triangle, what the fuck is the student meant to draw?

Something that’s fits with the current definition of triangle. If they wanted what we conceive of as a triangle they could say draw a 3 sided triangle.

Do you really think it’s effective for words to not have distinct meanings and for everything to rely on context and diagrams?

Flexibility in language is important. That’s why we are typing on computers not scribing on thinking machines.

[–]Juniperius 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Student raises hand:

Teacher, what does "three" mean today? And what do you mean by "sides?" And what is "draw?"

[–]circlingmyownvoid2 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The culture would have distinct options that could be clarified.

[–]HouseplantWomen who disagree with QT are a different sex[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

What benefit is flexibility in definitions? Specifically, please.

So we add redundancy and extra words instead of having one term for one thing. Brilliant, language is now less effective.

We type because that’s we have keyboards and no thought transcribers. Jfc that’s just stupid lol