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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 40 points 3 days ago (2 children)

always nice to include an anatomically correct butthole for the cat

[–] 5too@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

The flying cat must be rendered accurately!

[–] tpyo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

.... So yeah, I had already read the comic and was wondering why there was a cat in one panel and a donkey in the other

And saw your comment and looked over the comic again looking for the ass end of a cat and it wasn't until rereading yours and seeing the other comment about "flying" did it click

Wake and bake: 5/7, highly recommend

[–] Mexigore@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Why is none talking about the flying cat?

[–] Cosmonauticus@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

And in true cat fashion they make you very aware of their asshole

[–] Okokimup@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Every time I see it spelled that way, I die a little.

[–] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Ah yes, it, even spelling it myself makes me shudder.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You absolute monster, you must be a sucker for punishment if you’re willing to type …. it

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Remember that, unlike French and its steering organization, English is a "usage dictates form" kind of setup where the most popular usage drags the language down after it.

That's why people pluralize mass nouns and say things like "emails" as a noun, or join words to get "startup" as a verb, or say "literally" as if they know no other adverbs: someone popular said it like that and everyone is cloning that dialect glitch. They're making "fetch" happen.

So let's all do the needful, action that ask and synergize the spend.

Or we say no. We ridicule the people yammering like misfit kids of drunkard used-car salesmen, and we correct them, and we only address the content when the errors are fixed. Set the bar for discourse.

[–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 16 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Language is fake and there are no rules. So long as it doesn't actively impede the ability for people to be understood, there is no need to "correct" language. (Even then, maybe you could just ask for clarification instead of being a self righteous prick about it) You sound like that teacher who would condescendingly ask "I don't know can you use the restroom???" when you would ask "can I use the bathroom?" instead of "may I use the restroom?" Nobody likes that teacher. And, because I'm a leftist on the internet, I need to point out that refusing to address someone until they "spoke right" is some Jim Crow era shit that can and has been used to enforce bigotry of all sorts. Pull the English 101 book out of your anus

[–] Gustephan@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

But barrel, how am I supposed to baselessly feel superior to the people around me if I'm not enforcing arbitrary language rules despite knowing full well what people mean when they talk about there new haircut or or use new words like startup? I don't care about effective communication, I care about an artificial hierarchy that I can place myself near the top of.

(/s)

[–] Omnipitaph@reddthat.com 1 points 2 days ago

Slt, d'acc boomer

Guess you've never seen people text in french.

mdr A+

[–] jackr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You want to become like the French? I don't know who hurt you, but you are not alone, remember that. You can get help for this.

[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

I'm an American.... I'm thinking recently that we could stand to be a little more like the French a little more often.

[–] LwL@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

So, english works like language has always worked, and french has lost the plot.

That said, complaining and refusing to use it yourself when people use language in a way that you think makes no sense is also part of that process. Feeling superior because of that is just ridiculous though.

[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 13 points 3 days ago (4 children)

It's spelled "psych" for fucks sake!

[–] jaupsinluggies@feddit.uk 3 points 2 days ago

Nott wen yoo meyk uip yorue one spelink.

[–] MrShankles@reddthat.com 7 points 2 days ago

for fuck's *psache

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works -3 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Always. It's short for 'psychological trick'.

[–] Omnipitaph@reddthat.com 3 points 2 days ago

Yeah, and Psyche means soul, and is a greek word. If you're going to be pedantic about language then at least be as correct as you can be.

I wouldn't say her soul or animating spirit has been tricked here— that would make no sense. "Sike" is a word now, and it has a very specific and narrow meaning. Just like Psyche now means something totally different that it originally did. Language EVOLVES.

[–] meliaesc@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

It used to be, then language naturally evolved.

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Yes, I know what it's supposed to be. But I haven't seen it being spelled as "psych" by regular people since the 90s, and only once in a webcomic in the mid 2000s. It's been "sike" ever since.

[–] felbane@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

The generally acceptable spelling in the 90s was "sike," but both forms are fine. Consider the spelling an age differentiator for the person using it.

[–] myrrh@ttrpg.network 1 points 2 days ago
[–] Drekaridill@feddit.is 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 2 days ago

This is the real rule. "No backsies" just improves the game play.

[–] hakase@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 days ago

So much /c/badlinguistics in this thread.

[–] not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago