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  • marcos@lemmy.worldtomemes@lemmy.worldSorry Ubisoft
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    5 days ago

    Yeah, I can agree with that. And somebody will eventually find some way to use that mismatch against people.

    But the correct language doesn’t have an impact, and we don’t decide what gets popular anyway. I don’t like that phrase either (I think it’s too conservative), but it’s here to stay.



  • marcos@lemmy.worldtomemes@lemmy.worldSorry Ubisoft
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    5 days ago

    That phrase means “if you will make an enemy out of me and won’t let me buy the kind of ownership I want, I’ll take it and ignore paying you”.

    But notice that the full explanation is longer? That phrase captures perfectly well the antagonizing perspective, and nobody goes around making sure they pay fairly the people that treat them as enemies. It also fails to capture any other bit of the logic, but it’s ok, the logic is simple and automatic once the antagonism is explicitated.


  • marcos@lemmy.worldtohmmm@lemmy.worldhmmm
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    6 days ago

    By “does work” you mean you don’t need to care about the anchors flying around and falling over you; you only have to care about the lines cutting you in half or that wood house breaking down when pressed against them?

    If so, yeah, round and deep concrete tubes work.