PugJesusM to [email protected] • 1 year ago"My turn next!" Testing bulletproof vests, 1923media.kbin.socialmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1267cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squarePugJesusOPMlinkfedilink-3•1 year agoIf someone raises a semantic issue that depends on deliberately ignoring a common usage of the word, is it the issue of the original speaker, or the one raising an issue that deliberately ignores common usage?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoThinking a demonstration is a common sense of test, is wrong in the mind of most people. So have fun be semantically right, while less and less people will care about what you say because of that.
minus-squarePugJesusOPMlinkfedilink-1•1 year ago Thinking a demonstration is a common sense of test, is wrong in the mind of most people. A demonstration to show efficacy is definitely common usage of test. But believe what you want, it’s not like anything would change your mind.
If someone raises a semantic issue that depends on deliberately ignoring a common usage of the word, is it the issue of the original speaker, or the one raising an issue that deliberately ignores common usage?
Thinking a demonstration is a common sense of test, is wrong in the mind of most people.
So have fun be semantically right, while less and less people will care about what you say because of that.
A demonstration to show efficacy is definitely common usage of test. But believe what you want, it’s not like anything would change your mind.