I don’t know if this counts, but I’d say the Enlightenment. It was a discovery in that we discovered a new way to interpret the world.
I think there is kind of a glass ceiling when you talk about fire, plumbing, electricity and so on. Each one was a necessary stepping stone to get us where we are, but without any one of them, we wouldn’t be here.
The Enlightenment gave us a brand new sense of autonomy as a species, which in turn has given us a greater amount of control over “Destiny.”
Tigeruppercut nailed it.
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Holy crap, that’s such an awesome little subtle feature/detail… That’s why I love Sync.
Thanks!
Once they killed reader, I stopped using any google services that I didn’t have to for some other reason.
Reader was the GOAT, as the kids say.
Was it this?
Oh… Oh no…
It’s my fault, y’all. I’m sorry.
I recently started using Duolingo to learn Spanish, and it’s clinically proven I ruin everything I touch, so I think I’m killing the bird…
It looks like we’re in the same time zone. I’m up, working the 18-06 night shift.
While the title doesn’t imply the two are mutually exclusive… I agree. It’s a Salon article.
“Back in my day” that type of journalism was sold at grocery store checkouts right next to National Inquirer. It’s all just shit meant to monetize our (valid) emotions about this orange fuckwit.
Old does -not- equal senile.
Who is doing that with Biden?
How long until they just admit that he’s senile, but still tell people to vote for him to be the president?
While I agree with your assessment, I don’t think it’ll have much of an impact on turn out. Everyone who’s paying attention has likely already made up their mind.
What I think we need now is more peer to peer grassroots messaging. Get those who aren’t paying enough attention informed and motivated, while not wasting time on trying to -change- minds.
Biden’s mean-nickname game is bullshit
This made me laugh out loud… 😝
He’s just gonna keep climbing that ladder, isn’t he?
It felt a little too much like a campaign speech, in my opinion. But it wasn’t bad.
Right? Dude -overcame- a speech impediment ffs.
If I were to define it off the top of my head, I’d say it means a mutually respectful argument.
That being said, your comment rang a bell: A couple weeks ago I stumbled across descriptive and prescriptive linguistics. I’d mostly forgotten about it, but it’s super relevant here.
The basic idea according to descriptivists is that laguage is living and a words meaning can change based on how it’s being used by native speakers as a whole. Meanwhile prescriptivists insist on rules and grammar.
Or in other words; We’re both right.
I’m using the word debate as it’s typically used to describe a mutually respectful discussion of differing opinions, wheras you’re coming from a more by the books, black and white stance.
I found this video on Youtube that ultimately posits descriptivism works better for speech, perscriptivism works better for writing. I agree, and Social media is a little bit of both.
It’s an interesting watch at around 7 minutes long: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih0UqZ7O7Cg
Merriam-Webster has a decent write up on it too: https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/descriptive-vs-prescriptive-defining-lexicography
It does come off a bit pointed, imo, but I found that most sources unfortunately do.
That’s what really throws me for a loop. There are a lot of dumb people that think he’s smart, but there are also a lot of smart people that buy into it too… Is fear really that powerful? It is, I know… But damn…
Jesus, you people are everywhere
(and I love it, lol)