[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

That bounce looks deadly, damn.

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

Oh? You feel like gracing us all with specifics of these "somewhat useful" "super generalizations", bud? That would be generous.

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

Modulating one's speech according to audience is not dialectic morphology, much less general etymology — it's a matter of scope.

You can use whatever you want, no argument there. Whether or not it comes off sounding semi-literate is more up to your audience and your own self-awareness than any "centralized governing body", citizen. 🙇🏽‍♂️🫣

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

Wrong, sorry. Októpus is a Greek word that translates to “eight foot,” and pluralizing it via Latin has no etymological basis. "Acceptable/widely used" is in no way synonymous to "correct", let's not forget.

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

Not necessarily, but sure?

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

"Placement" ie. on the timeline, friend. Not target.

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

Veni, Vidi, Thesaurisi?

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

Not unlike LLMs. How curious.

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

Socioeconomic encryption. Fun fact: the Chinese written language was focused on this concept — and Korean focused on doing the opposite, in fact.

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

And yet? We're still no further along. 🤷🏽‍♂️🤪

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

People tend to be afraid of the unknown — generally agreed to be symptomatic of the awareness of one's own mortality (some, less consciously than others). And, as the saying goes, "necessity is the mother of invention". Our prehistoric forebears came up with their own reasons why otherwise inexplicable things happened, and how — the real lucky shamans landed a "when" here and there, no doubt....

But, where that galvanizing (and often innocuous) superstition gained straight up viral status was with the invention of gods. That's religion. That "inescapable" caste system for your "soul". Completely fabricated for the sole ^heh purpose of population control in every capacity.

Now, what is your so-called "soul" if not made of your self-worth? Fast forward ~297,400 years to when a system of value placeholders is created (currency), and then a mere 1,300 years more for it to beget commercialism (not evolve; spawn). Then, driven by advertising, materialism, and greed, commerce rapidly gives rise to consumerism, et al. as we live it today.

These two parasitic institutions of our modern age are rooted in the same concepts, the same drive for control.

YouTube is in the system as much as we all are, and just like church: you can choose to be neither prey or product.

You choose.

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

Funny, isn't that how Facebook started? 🥲

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