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[–]FlippyKing 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

the answer is the dictionary, till they change it and declare victory. They didn't invent this trick, and it is used everywhere.

[–]xandit 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

They will change it. They will add a new one that includes Tim’s.

[–]FlippyKing 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

You are right. I wish I could roll that back and say "I think you're right", but I can't. It's OK for them to speak their own language, which is how this disease spread on college campuses, but I think it is part of a bigger authoritarian global framework that can only be built by censoring speech and destroying language.

[–]xandit 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I think it is part of a bigger authoritarian global framework that can only be built by censoring speech and destroying language.

Yes, it is this, not just happening to our community. Making words meaningless. I can’t believe how often I now see them refer to the males as female (the sex) or the females as males( the sex) I am not sure it is just poor word choice when typing.

I never imagined I would call my self homosexual but now you almost have to. Gay is an umbrella for everyone!1! Same gender love!

[–]FlippyKing 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

A phrase that kills me is "Identify as". "Is" works. "Identify as" is not "is". It equates posers with what they pose as, thusly:

"I am x."

"Oh, I identify as x too!"

"hmmm. ... OK, but I am x. Are you saying you are x?"

"kinda. I identify as x."

"That's not the same thing. Get thee behind me poser. No wait, stay where I can see you, you shifty MFer."

[–]xandit 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah I saw a guy in the gay bros Reddit insisting he was gay because he identified as gay. He was, but in his head it was an identity like gender or something.

[–]Gre 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Of course they will change it. allowing definitions to be changed destroys language and communication. Like the pandemic definition.