• pmk@piefed.ca
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    1 day ago

    All the more reason to really reflect on how we use words. When there’s confusion and misunderstanding, should we just accept it because that’s how it is, or should we consciously decide if we are helping or hurting communication through the words we choose to use?

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      1 day ago

      I “literally” don’t care if you use “literally” to make an obviously facetious joke like OP did.

      Stop philosophizing over a joke. We are in “science memes”.

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        I will philosophize, phallosophile, and fallacify as much as I want thank you. Memes are important. (I’m of course using the strict Dawkins definition here.)