Semantic Is Pedantic : politicalhumor

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Language is not math, but I approve of this one.

[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 0 points 2 weeks ago

The dual of a dual is not necessarily the same space as the original... Although I haven't done maths for long enough to remember what it does imply. I think all the affine relationships that hold in the origin space must hold in the double dual? Probably? I'm gonna go to bed.

[–] Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

This is just pedantic and stupid. It's like the right saying that Nazis are socialist because the party's name is "national socialism".

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[+] viking -7 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

I am against fascism, but I also reject violence coming from the radical left. So go on then, what am I?

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[+] Lembot_0005@lemy.lol -12 points 2 weeks ago (25 children)

Trump is a fascist, but this logic is flawed. You can't treat linguistics like math. Linguistics is completely batshit crazy under the hood.

Counterexample: I am anti antibiotics (I really think that usage of antibiotics should be limited to the cases where there are no other options). So what happens after applying your logic? I am... bacteria? Nah, shitty meme. Try something cleverer.

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[+] GhostedIC@sh.itjust.works -13 points 2 weeks ago (14 children)

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[+] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com -20 points 2 weeks ago (14 children)

I don't disagree with the message but with linguistic implications. There ain't nothing with with double negatives (see what I did there?). Many languages and dialects have it as default or even mandatory. This doesn't apply to the example but making it about double negative is classiest

[–] lena@gregtech.eu 1 points 2 weeks ago

My language (Slovenian) has double negatives and even so I refuse to use them.

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