Does anyone else feel like the generation of new fad words is speeding up over time, to make up for the fact that adults catch on and start using the words themselves quicker due to social media?
Feels like once a week they meet up like “Damn! The adults have learned about ‘no cap’, we need a new term!” “How about ‘drip’?” “But we already have ‘on fleek’.” “That’s been lost to the millenials already!”
I looked into her because of that one lightshow song from the Cyberpunk 2077 DLC and immersed myself in her music for a while. Then I found out about her marrying Musk, and it’s hard to enjoy it any more because I can’t get over her terrible taste. Like, why? She already had enough money, was it worth it?
Yeah, that’s where the kinda comes in. From experience, when you’ve got that much debt you tend to lowkey want to watch the world burn, so you’ve got that going too.
Kinda related: At some point I realized inflation is actually kinda good when you have no assets and large debt, because it effectively shrinks your debt. The problem is, I only thought about it well after paying off my debts and gaining some assets, so now I feel like the guys in the pic if I talk about it.
Except a majority of people do use language the way I do, you simply have been misunderstanding a lot of people your whole life. Language experts love to change language with the times. If you were in the majority, they would.
I’ve been through this conversation so many times it haunts me. What I’ve found is that people don’t use that verbiage outside of casual conversation, so when they misunderstand each other nothing comes of it, so they never find out. Someone triples his salary and tells you “I’m making two times more now!” and you think “Cool, he doubled his salary” and never find out that you misunderstood each other.
Once I walked around with my best friend after having this exact disagreement and polled people at work for their thoughts. The vast majority went by my understanding, as do any grammar authors you can find online. It just never comes up unless someone like me makes a whole thing about it.
You are correct in that enough people share the misunderstanding that it becomes technically correct use of language, like using “literally” to mean “not literally”.
It’s clear use of language though, more than means a number is more than another.
Pete has —— more apples than John.
P = J + (described amount)
(3) more > P = J + (3)
(2 times or 200%) more > P = J + (200% J) = 300% J
If you want to say they are interchangeable, you are saying “50% more” and “50% as much” mean the same thing.
I posted a source below explaining it. If you can find an expert saying they are the same I’d love to see it, as it would rationalize the insanity that’s been peeving me for so long.
Playing Chained Together we had so many jumps that a full count was too long, so we took out the 3 entirely and counted fast. “2 1 Go! 2 1 Go!” Very successful. That game even counts for you if you press the hotkey, but it takes five full seconds, and there’s lava rising down there!
In my experience, when people say “on the count of three” there’s a 50% chance they either go “Three, two, one!” or “One, Two, Three, GO!” This drives me almost as crazy as witnessing how people drive.
Playing Let’s Go Eevee with my 6yo niece the other day, and when I counted trying to time our pokeball throws she would demand to be the one who counts. Her method was to try and surprise me, it seems. She would change the timing between each number independently every time, like “3, … …… 21GO!” Sometimes, she would just throw on 1 but keep counting. Realized it was easier just to watch her arm.
A significant portion of the population thinks that “X times more” and “X times as much” mean the same thing. It drives me insane. I don’t think it’s ever formally taught because they use more rigorous language in school problems, but I’d like to think most people would agree “50% more” means 150%, and “50% as much” means 50%. 2X seems to cause confusion though.
So yeah, codifying that first chance.
Edit: What have I done, I knew better than to post a pet peeve in a comment chain.
Huh, didn’t even occur to me there would be trans complications as well.
The woman next to me on the plane was watching this show, with her earbuds so loud I could almost hear it clearly. She kept rewinding to watch this part where a guy was full on dick out with an erection on his ER bed.
I’ve been having that classic moment for the last 3 months since switching at home:
“Can you hear that?”
“What?”
“Silence.”
Just frisbee those things in random directions until one works.
Again, people should boycott her, convince people to do it all day. However, this demonization is out of line. I’m just saying if this is your threshold for what makes someone an irredeemable monster, then you should make sure your own house is in order before you start lighting the pyre.
What a ride.
I’m sure by 2050 they’ll start restricting airplane travel or crossing the border to people who are chipped. Given historical precedence, I’m sure 5% of the populace will resist for a few months before giving in.
Probably most people will have gotten chipped already for a discount on energy drinks or something, and won’t see the problem.
Honestly that was a bro move from steam. Wanting to play games was a huge restrictor for the group most likely to switch to linux.