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I'm putting in a vote for Ambrose Bierce.If we're going with dictionary definitions can I request we exclusively use the Samuel Johnson?
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I'm putting in a vote for Ambrose Bierce.If we're going with dictionary definitions can I request we exclusively use the Samuel Johnson?
If I say I prefer "British farmer" halflings to "miniature mafia" halflings, there's an asshat out there that can turn that statement political.
But yeah, you were a mod for years, so you must know this situation well.
I well recall you busting my balls a couple of times mate. C'est la vie.
If we're going with dictionary definitions can I request we exclusively use the Samuel Johnson?
Last night before I went to bed I was reading this thread and talking with Tristram about what mod colors and the like we would have to use in the future...
noman, you didn't offend me. Nothing so far on this forum has offended me. The fact that I spoke up about a statement that invited political debate doesn't mean I was offended.
I do appreciate your apology however. All is good.
So Noman, you feel like sharing what you learned?
It entirely possible you will be right. The way I see it, we have Pundit's place to go talk about that aspect of the show. For people that want to focus on other aspects of the show, there is the thread here.I unfortunately expect Discovery to be a political crapfest and that will make it difficult to talk about the scifi and Trek aspects of the show. I don't know how we navigate those waters, but I suggest we use sea bass with freaking lasers on their heads.
I unfortunately expect Discovery to be a political crapfest and that will make it difficult to talk about the scifi and Trek aspects of the show. I don't know how we navigate those waters, but I suggest we use sea bass with freaking lasers on their heads.
He realized he's a wanker.
You don't have to walk on eggshells to avoid saying "virtue signalling". If anything is newspeak, it is speaking in academic jargon like "virtue signalling". I am guessing most posters here in are in at least 40 and most of us never head the term virtue signalling until a few years ago. Somehow we managed to talk about games just fine without engaging in this kind of newspeak for most of our life. Just speak like a normal person instead of someone writing a post-modern sociology thesis.Calling someone a cynic isn't political either, BTW.
Basically, you're concern trolling and espousing exactly the kind of "err on the side of caution" action that I'm raising these issues to prevent.
If I say I prefer "British farmer" halflings to "miniature mafia" halflings, there's an asshat out there that can turn that statement political. So what? That statement wasn't political, so when they do, you tell them to shut their piehole, not start instituting newspeak or walking on eggshells.
You don't have to walk on eggshells to avoid saying "virtue signalling". If anything is newspeak, it is speaking in academic jargon like "virtue signalling". I am guessing most posters here in are in at least 40 and most of us never head the term virtue signalling until a few years ago. Somehow we managed to talk about games just fine without engaging in this kind of newspeak for most of our life. Just speak like a normal person instead of someone writing a post-modern sociology thesis.
I think this thread has run its course. There's one more reply I'd like to make tonight once I get home (hate typing on the cellphone), but other than that I think we should all hug or bro-chest bump or whatever and relax with some glenfiddich; first round's on me
I'll keep from using examples in the future, you're obviously incapable of grasping them, either that, or your ass is chapped because I said something you didn't like again. I wonder which?Some people seem to be tied up over the right way to talk about delicate topics, like Krueger trying to formulate the right way to talk about Limbaugh. It's not that complicated. Don't talk about Limbaugh here.
So the person in favor of redefining an academic term because of their own ignorance of it, wants to call following the original definition Newspeak. Well, that's the first time the Pub broke the old Irony meter.You don't have to walk on eggshells to avoid saying "virtue signalling". If anything is newspeak, it is speaking in academic jargon like "virtue signalling". I am guessing most posters here in are in at least 40 and most of us never head the term virtue signalling until a few years ago. Somehow we managed to talk about games just fine without engaging in this kind of newspeak for most of our life. Just speak like a normal person instead of someone writing a post-modern sociology thesis.
If I liked what you were saying, I wouldn't be disagreeing with you. But Tristram is right. This topic is done. See you around the gaming forum.I'll keep from using examples in the future, you're obviously incapable of grasping them, either that, or your ass is chapped because I said something you didn't like again. I wonder which?
This is what I was waiting for.
Leave it to Shipyard to provide a crucial byte of data.
I'd like to ask for the mod's indulgence with this post; I'm about to get nuttier than usual.
[ snip epic nuttiness ;) ]
Tristram, Endless, I apologize for any stress or frustration I may have caused you. *Japanese bow*
Technically speaking, I "won" a while ago,
although that's not exactly true, since I don't think Tristram's mind was changed at all. He has basically agreed with me about the usage of the term, and isn't declaring it a political buzz-word that needs to be banned. But you're right in that having the English language defined by the dictionary and not by Tweets and +1's isn't a "victory". It's simply this place not going off the deep end.
"Rush Limbaugh expresses Right-Wing, conservative views" is not a political statement.
Hmm, are you saying "toxic nodes" don't exist, period, not even in the context of the information they input into the system, even if deliberately destructive?
So, me thinks "virtue signalling" is basically the same as "trying too hard" or even "protesting too much".
I wonder if we could build a functional list of loaded terms to avoid and acceptable alternatives.
I don't know, it's a little silly, but a tight list of terms or topics that are verboten might be useful.