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.
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.
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
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.
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
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
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?
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
Sen. Jeremy Moss (D-Southfield) [Michigan’s only Jewish state senator – r^2^] took to the floor of the Senate last week to condemn bigotry against Jews that he says is being wielded hypocritically....
And maybe even more so sickened by those who want to define what antisemitism is and [what] it isn’t," Moss said.
So not only is it antisemitic to talk about the fact that Israel is committing genocide, it’s antisemitic to even mention that Israel doesn’t represent all Jewish people?
I don’t know about you, but to me, that sounds a lot like stereotyping. I think there’s a word you’re supposed to use for that, but I can’t quite think of it…
Maybe we’re looking at this wrong. An AI priest probably knows the Bible better than any real clergyman, and can’t molest children either. I think we should defrock all the real priests, and keep him instead
I had a Star Trek costume as a kid as well! This would have been a couple years after Enterprise ended, so the middle of the Star Trek drought. Only one person recognized it, but I thought it was awesome. My mom and I made a whole Borg suit, with all kinds of weird tech things from the early 2000s. The best parts were the left hand, which was a glove that played drum sounds when you tapped the fingers, and was all silver plastic and wires, and a mechanical head massager for the head piece, also silver plastic, that we connected to the body with vinyl tubing
How Magic Works (by Centurii-chan)
Academic Rizzlers (mander.xyz)
Second Boeing whistleblower dies in less than two months (www.newshub.co.nz)
Don’t upvote this (reddthat.com)
cross-posted from: reddthat.com/post/18256270...
Biden left without an easy solution as campus protests heat up (www.cnn.com)
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)
Florida Says No to Federal Funding Aimed at Greenhouse Gas Emissions (insideclimatenews.org)
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…
Harry even caught it in his mouth once (lemmy.world)
Bacterial enzyme strips away blood types to create universal donor blood (newatlas.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/15069736...
Nothing but truth (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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....
Bully, Persona, TF2, Bayonetta, Cuphead, I'm sure you can name many others. (lemmynsfw.com)
The Ten Forward Hot Take Thread
Lets say contentious things about Star Trek! I’ll start!...
Sen. Moss condemns antisemitism from both left and right (michiganadvance.com)
Sen. Jeremy Moss (D-Southfield) [Michigan’s only Jewish state senator – r^2^] took to the floor of the Senate last week to condemn bigotry against Jews that he says is being wielded hypocritically....
We need another Bob Ross (lemmy.world)
AI priest quickly defrocked after giving users oddball answers, taking confessions like ‘real’ clergyman (nypost.com)
Forgive me father, for I’m a sim....
What's your most dumb trekkie moment? (sh.itjust.works)
I’m yet to do my first one if this post dosen’t count, so I’m learning here.