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GBU_28@lemm.ee 8 months agoYou can’t say “language evolves” to just change a word yourself. Tankie is well established with a definition very different from yours.
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GBU_28@lemm.ee 8 months agoYou can’t say “language evolves” to just change a word yourself. Tankie is well established with a definition very different from yours.
PapaStevesy@midwest.social 8 months ago
I actually can, that’s the beauty of language! It doesn’t mean it has to change for you or anyone else, but every word is a symbol, and every symbol is subjective to the person using it. Obviously I know the historical context of the word, but that doesn’t stop present day experiences from affecting those symbols in my mind. Unfortunately you can’t control how I define or use a word, as much as you’d like to. If you love guns and war and organized mass murder, you’re a tankie in my book.
GBU_28@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Right, on the internet, no one knows you’re a dog You can say anything! That doesn’t make it objectively true.
PapaStevesy@midwest.social 8 months ago
And it not being “objectively true” doesn’t mean I care! Look friend, I’m obviously not going to go around trying to use “my version” of words I’ve ironically redefined for a “snarky” Internet comment, no one else would even understand it. But if all you post about is missile guidance systems and gun manufacturers, I’ll call you a tankie in my head and laugh. At least something about it will be funny then (seriously, I just haven’t seen one funny/comprehendable meme in that community, so I just assume they’re all nut jobs).