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can’t withhold a vote because policy won’t change because if it did people would withhold their vote and then the policy would change

it’s not a mistake because it’s not a real rule

This isn’t an example of how modern English is going to the dogs. Less has been used this way for well over a thousand years—nearly as long as there’s been a written English language. But for more than 200 years almost every usage writer and English teacher has declared such use to be wrong. The received rule seems to have originated with the critic Robert Baker, who expressed it not as a law but as a matter of personal preference. Somewhere along the way—it’s not clear how—his preference was generalized and elevated to an absolute, inviolable rule.

one less thing for you to worry about

the democrat party will lose if a segment of their voter base abstains from voting

and

the democrat platform can afford to completely ignore a segment of their voter base so doesn’t need to adjust their platform

are two mutually exclusive positions

lmfao

the first result is the wikipedia article, which as we’ve discussed, is several thousand words long

i’m not trying to justify my use of language, i’m explaining why you’re wrong, and you’re responding by gesturing vaguely towards the concept of a dictionary

you’re not avoiding excessive detail in a definition due to a limited character space, you’re saying that a word can literally only ever have the precise meaning ascribed to it by the dictionary

those are two completely different things and it’s astonishing that you would even try to make an argument that bad after opening this discussion with “i’m sure you can do better than that”

doubling down on the stance of not understanding linguistics isn’t the play you seem to think it is

the wikipedia article on zionism is several thousand words long, and you seem to think it’s possible to accurately boil that down to a one or two sentence dictionary entry

I’m sure Republicans have many definitions for a liberal.

it’s more that they don’t have a definition at all

they use it similarly to “woke”, in that its a nebulous word that takes on any given meaning that they want given the context

if you tried to distill its myriad of uses into an actual definition you’d get something like “person i disagree with to the point of dislike”, at which point the dumb part becomes making an assertion as utterly vacuous as “i don’t like people i don’t like”

it’s completely dissimilar

“liberal” is significantly less specific in its implications, both in terms of modern day parlance and historical roots, than “zionist”

i like the concept of hiring other gooners to have a big sweaty circlejerk with

you ask a comedically loaded question, receive one in response, then get mad?

what?

Pop it on the list

if there were some figures i could fiddle to fit that narrative, do you think that would mean that cutting down 250 acres of forest would actually be worth it rather than a convenience somebody has gussied up as “necessary” because it would make them a profit?

shows what you guys know

i met a girl through her bio last week and it turns out we’re so compatible we have the same social security number, birthday and mother’s maiden name

Redfalls team is done for sure.

which is wild, because there’s clearly a lot of talent there that was just spunked up the wall trying to create a game that any idiot could see right from the outset was conceptually awful

You really don’t have to keep attacking me you know?

buddy i literally just took what you said and changed a few words around. if it feels like attacking you then maybe do some self reflection?

where have i attacked you?

So is Traveller TTRPG, or Babylon Five, Warhammer 40K, etc., etc.

put literally anything from 40k next to literally anything from star wars and it becomes painfully obvious that they’re two distinct properties

you’re aware 40k essentially also has the force too, right? i’m not sure what point you’re trying to make here

I’m talking the unique points of the world building/lore.

what unique points?

jedi are reskinned samurai, and the force is just a reskinned magic system combined with reskinned buddhism

then why not watch one of the many other options with jedi?

the eu is filled with stories that aren’t about jedi or the force

so yeah, you’re picking and choosing what counts based on your personal vibes

Just because you declare it as arbitrary doesn’t mean it’s actually arbitrary.

either you’re defining star wars by the films, or you’re picking and choosing what really “counts”

you’re doing the latter

I guess I’ve just seen more movies than you

I guess you just don’t really understand Star Wars as well as you think you do 🤷‍♂️

it’s an aesthetic and a setting

if you define it as a narrative you can’t step outside the first three films