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[–] don@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Given that language is prescriptive, “random” has, at least in regards to colloquial usage, rather lost its dictionary definition of “made, done, happening, or chosen without method or conscious decision”. Hell, I use it colloquially, as well. There’s nothing wrong with this usage.

I’m just trying to provide a bit of a humorous comparison between the usages by somewhat demonstrating what the charcuterie might look like if the dictionary definition was to be used, instead.

[–] don@lemmy.ca 29 points 1 month ago (11 children)

Language is descriptive, so there’s nothing stopping you from using “rooves”, other than what typically results from using words others may not understand. Get enough people over long enough a timeline, and “rooves” becomes the norm, and “roofs” becomes archaic. Just gotta put in the effort.

[–] don@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago

Oh. Well, yeah. God fucking dammit, indeed. I’m sorry to hear that.

[–] don@lemmy.ca 64 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, I don’t really expect them to functionally change. When you’re that far down the cult pipeline, very little can be done.

[–] don@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Is something the matter?

[–] don@lemmy.ca 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ha ha, well now! We call this the act of mating, but there are several other very important differences between human beings and animals that you should know about.

[–] don@lemmy.ca 36 points 1 month ago (11 children)

Random? I’m not seeing a 15 kg slab of raw horsemeat, no charred emu leg hanging off the side, no half digested contents of crocodile stomach, no unidentifiable roadkill from somewhere in Georgia (the country, not the state, but the state will do, too), no puréed human back meat, not even so much as a speck of walrus, ostrich, cassowary, kangaroo, or beluga; guess otters, marmot, geese, dog and cat (I don’t like it either, but they did say “random” ffs) don’t count as having meat…

The fuck do you mean, random? That shit’s about as well ordered as the unabridged Oxford English Dictionary, ffs.

[–] don@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 month ago

“I was a gigantic fucking idiot. I still am a gigantic fucking idiot and will absolutely continue to be said gigantic fucking idiot; but I was a gigantic fucking idiot.”

[–] don@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Got it. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a recessed and covered garage before, just one or the other. Gotta hand it to the deer, looks fairly well kept.

[–] don@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 month ago

Enjoy, sweet prince, for you are loved and treasure, and you shall not soon be forgotten.

[–] don@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

Oh, I know this for a fact: got a half-sibling never stfu.

[–] don@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I’m confused by the wide door on the right, with four windows at its top. Is that a garage? It looks like one, but the handle and the light coming out of the top is throwing me off.

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