It’s possible. But corporations haven’t changed in the past 100 years. Wizards of the Coast hired the Pinkertons, film studios have more power now than they ever did back when they were broken up with anti-trust laws, and children are still working in dangerous factories. It’s not much of a stretch to believe that a massive military contractor would engage in some good old fashioned corporate assassination.
Not to this level obviously, but there basically was a character like this in Enterprise. She was T’Pol’s hero, and shocked the crew of the Enterprise by being friendly, shaking hands, and wanting to try their food
I love the Pulse Remix of Ramuh’s theme. I don’t know enough about music to know if this is technically something other than jazz, but it certainly sounds jazzy to me
Shadows Withal from Akadaemia Anyder is also fun. Had it as the music in my house for a while
That certainly could happen. It doesn’t seem very likely though, especially since so many different cultures already have their own versions of English, and the main two rarely agree on anything.
Memes don’t end at the image though. And by now, lots of memes are more than just images. If I say I’m going to “yeet” something, most people (below a certain age) know what that means. They don’t all become language, but the better, more popular ones do. It’s the same way we get all our words, really. I don’t know where the term “blue blooded” comes from, but I can still use it. In the same way, I don’t know where “down bad” came from, but I still know I’m down bad for etymology, and the study of evolutionary linguistics; it’s all fascinating.
My fiancée and I were talking about this the other day, and the conclusion we reached was that our language, as it always has, is evolving, and these new phrases are just as valid as anything anyone has said before. People don’t want to accept it, because they think of Internet memes as silly, and that’s where a lot of this language comes from (there’s also racism involved, because, of course there is), but it’s too late. That’s what English is now. Sucks to suck, fam.
The repetition is what allows them to become language, though. Every meme that enters popular culture is essentially a metaphor, and, by being repeated over and over, and only changed slightly, the meaning is taught to the audience, and it evolves into an idiom.
There can be problems with description, precision, and audience knowledge, but that is true of any word or phrase. The difference is just the rapidity at which these new idioms are entering our language. As long as the author is competent, and ensures that there is enough context and relevance in the work, as is already a requirement of proper writing, restricting the use of meme language is unnecessary
The samurai duels on the roof of the train while the gunslinger is forced to take their place in a complex tea ceremony being used as a distraction for the thief to steal an artifact. At the end, they escape by disconnecting the rest of the cars from the locomotive, which has been pirated.
They need to up the intelligence on the snitch. Make it so hard to catch that it hardly ever happens. Seekers now spend most of their time as normal players, while keeping an eye out for the snitch, then darting away every once in a while for a catch attempt
How many people do receive more than one blood transfusion on average? Seems like something that doesn’t happen often, and maybe this could make it easier for the most common uses of donor blood?
Is the joke that he’s blind, so he can’t tell his trumpet is on fire, but they won’t tell him because waiting rooms are super uncomfortable?
Is he the devil, and this is the trumpet version of the Devil went down to Georgia, but because trumpets already look like they’re made of gold, he had to make it special in a different way?
Residents of manufactured housing parks typically own their homes – but not the parks themselves, which can be incredibly lucrative. Now some residents are forming cooperatives, and taking control...
It’s intentionally predatory. It doesn’t make sense, because it’s a trap you’re seeing after it already sprung on someone. John Oliver did a great episode on it
At least he turned it down this time. Normally, they take all the federal money they can get, misuse it, and then blame Democrats when the original problem continues to exist
Second Boeing whistleblower dies in less than two months (www.newshub.co.nz)
Biden left without an easy solution as campus protests heat up (www.cnn.com)
Nothing but truth (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
I'll never understand this kind of mindset. (lemmy.ml)
Is your job fulfilling?
Is everybody just phoning it in for a boss that just needs you to do busy work?
The academically social Vulcan (lemmy.world)
Bully, Persona, TF2, Bayonetta, Cuphead, I'm sure you can name many others. (lemmynsfw.com)
Academic Rizzlers (mander.xyz)
New adventuring party just dropped
Harry even caught it in his mouth once (lemmy.world)
Don’t upvote this (reddthat.com)
cross-posted from: reddthat.com/post/18256270...
How Magic Works (by Centurii-chan)
Bacterial enzyme strips away blood types to create universal donor blood (newatlas.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/15069736...
Sleight of hand in combat
I am running a Tabaxi rogue that is currently 4th level....
3 May 2024 (sh.itjust.works)
Emergency slide that fell off Delta plane washes up at home of lawyer whose firm is suing Boeing
independent.co.uk/…/boeing-flight-safety-delta-em…
‘It’s like winning the lottery’: the mobile home owners buying the land they live on (www.theguardian.com)
Residents of manufactured housing parks typically own their homes – but not the parks themselves, which can be incredibly lucrative. Now some residents are forming cooperatives, and taking control...
A.I. - Tom Gauld for New scientist (files.mastodon.online)
zirk.us/
Changling Man (to the tune of "Particle Man" - They Might Be Giants) (lemmy.world)
Thanks Flying Squid for reminding me of an incomplete idea started some 6 months ago....
It's impossible, Jerry! (lemmy.world)
Florida Says No to Federal Funding Aimed at Greenhouse Gas Emissions (insideclimatenews.org)