TheRealKuni

And that he didn’t tell this to graduating diplomats, whom would see through this peaceful transition

In this sentence, “who/whom” is acting as the subject of the clause “who/whom would see through this peaceful transition” and thus should be in the nominative case “who.”

Easiest way to know when to use “whom” is to replace the word with “he/him” and follow the “m.” If “he” makes more sense, use “who.” If “him” makes more sense, use “whom.”

And if you’re not sure, just use “who.” It’ll stand out a lot less if it’s wrong, since “whom” is gradually falling out of use.

given that the public now has no way to remove leadership that's running a war this badly.

What? David is holding his own against Goliath, but that’s “running a war this badly”?

You don't get to have it both ways. Either slurs can shift and be used despite it causing harm, or they can't. Someone's gonna have to be brave and start that semantic shift, it doesn't just spontaneously happen.

If one dumbass decides they think a word should have a different meaning and starts using it, nothing changes.

If an entire subculture shifts their use of a slang term over time, the meaning of that slang term changes. Over time.

Language is not fixed. It evolves. But it also isn’t prescribed (except in cases including but not limited to jargon or technical definitions).

This isn’t a difficult concept.

Hank Green has helped me see the light. Whales are fish! Whales are fish!!!

Okay, why don't you start using the n-word to mean the colour black and see how many friends that gets you sweetie! 😊💜

Because that’s not really how language and culture work. I don’t get to decide how a word is used any more than you do.

What the fuck?

That’s not really how language and culture work. Some words are going to evolve and change whether you think they’re allowed to or not.

A sleeper is something else though, sort of the opposite of a ricer. A sleeper Honda Civic would look largely unmodded but be a monster under the hood. A ricer Honda Civic is gonna have a wing and loud, giant exhaust and other very obvious modifications.

Personally I love a heavily modified Japanese car, and in my experience of car culture, “ricer” has largely been reclaimed by the people who drive them.

I would think it's extremely unusual if he used a more modern tone and vocabulary.

I don’t know that I’d find that unusual, either, honestly. Judging by the bullet memes, he was clearly very “online.”

People are complicated. It’s convenient and very tempting to put everyone into neat boxes, but individuals often don’t fit into those boxes. Not completely.

In a world where very few things are binary and most things are spectrums, nuance is generally a good policy.

Why not? You didn’t know anyone in college who liked to speak differently sometimes, whether for fun, to be ironic, or to be flowery and “romantic”? People are figuring out who they are in college, some people do stuff other people might consider weird. That type of language doesn’t shock me at all.

If I had to take a guess, it’s about perceived tone. Connotation becomes extremely important in online discourse.

Rather than “No. Here is the rest of what I have to say,” I recommend “Nah, here is the rest of what I have to say.”

It’s a lot less forceful, more conversational.