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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by needthosepylons@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Idk if "little experience" means something in English, but what I meant is non-life changing/threatening. Things that would otherwise go unnoticed.

For me, it was when I stopped drinking acoholic beverages because.. I ended up finding it boring, I guess.

I started noticing how low key hostile my environment is towards people who dont drink. People started thinking I was sick, depressed, converted to islam, being snob, etc.

Bartenders started to openly mock me when I asked for a lemonade (they still do) : "We dont do that here", "Go to a physician if you need that", "you're in a bar you know ?".

I started realizing how hostile my country/region/groups can be to people who dont drink. Never realized that before.

Edit : typo

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[-] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

For me, it was the combination of two Linguistic tidbits of info, from uni classes:

  • verb modality being split between epistemic and deontic
  • Linguistics itself being descriptive, while normative grammar being prescriptive.

I won't go further on what those posh words mean because they were just the "trigger". What changed the way that I perceive things was that, by their powers combined, I realised that there's a deep distinction between

  • what we know, what we don't know, what's true or false
  • what we want, what we don't want, what we consider good or bad

and that we should never mix both things inside our heads.

[-] needthosepylons@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I love this ! I sont exactly know the meaning of these words, but the idea itself is crystal clear !

[-] clutchmatic@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

I used to mix them up. Once I learned the difference and started making effort to communicate clearly then I began being seen as promotion material in my industry

[-] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

It has also a big impact in our personal lives. For example, it's damn easier to avoid wishful thinking and doomerism if you keep them distinct, because then you start asking yourself "is this what I really see? Or am I letting my wishes and fears cloud my mind?".

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