@thor I just used a common phrase to describe a microbe that happens to have superior survival skills in certain environments :shrug:
@thatguyoverthere either way, irritation ensued
@thor I find this is a common problem. Many people are easily upset if the wrong language (not incorrect, but words they associate with an ideology) is used in a conversation these days. I was just telling someone else, I hate to cede language to ideologs. Words are useful, and I won't let someone else tell me which ones I can and can't use. I may not always pick the best words to use to convey an idea, but it seems like these days people just get hung up on the words and don't even try to hear/read what I am actually saying
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I believe relative context is required, and knowing the person/audience you're talking to is required to have the intended effect. Unfortunately, most people don't see eye to eye on most things and are hung up on their own tangent of reality.
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@lucifargundam @thor there is also an understandable aversion to words that are generally used by opponents to politicize or excite the base around an idea. I get the aversion, but I also think it's not much different from self-censoring.
