Comment on .ml has got to be the only place on earth where I'd get downvoted for a comment like this
jwt@programming.dev 2 days agoLinus Torvalds is a BDFL. dictator can have many meanings: www.dictionary.com/browse/dictator
Not all different meanings have to do with ‘me having my rights taken away’
betanumerus@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Dictator means you get dictated without a say. You become a puppet. Move to North Korea.
jwt@programming.dev 2 days ago
That’s your context, I brought mine. That’s what happens when context is missing (and that was OP’s point).
betanumerus@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
It’s not a context at all, it’s what Dictator MEANS.
jwt@programming.dev 2 days ago
Did you read my dictionary link?