SaltSong

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[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 1 points 5 days ago

I'm aware of the existence of contranyms. None of the examples you gave apply, as they just have different meanings, or the same leaving with different connotations.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Wasn't he introduced with a story of pulling off a miracle to escape the Gorn? Or am I not remembering properly?

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 9 points 5 days ago (7 children)

Right, that's "speaking figuratively." There are rules for that.

But a word that means the opposite of what it means is not a useful word.

I'd hate to find a box in my lab marked "inflammable."

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 2 points 1 week ago

If anyone wanted this information, they could just post a bogus job, and people will just send them the data.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 2 points 1 week ago

The current administration is making Humphrey Appleby seem a much better option.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 7 points 1 week ago

Trouser Python. Technically true, and no-one is going to check.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 33 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Maybe there's a reason we prefer tenure civil servants who don't have financial interest at odds with their job?

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 13 points 1 week ago

No research needed. Getting back to the routine, after a suitable period that varies from person to person, is important. But it is not, in itself, healing, and someone who didn't miss a day of work is not doing well.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Oh certainly. But it's treating a symptom, not the actual problem.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 51 points 1 week ago (9 children)

That's not healthy, though. That's repression, which is bad for you. I know it's bad for you, as I have not had more than six emotions in the past 20 years.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 1 points 1 week ago

I think this is going to backfire as it increases competition for attention and audience

Same thing with streaming. There was a golden age, briefly, before everyone decided to make their own.

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