AimIsADick
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Signed Up July 26, 2020
Last Posted February 26, 2024 at 8:36 PM
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#27 What are the little things that make you happy in World Events

Shit movement is different from shit aim(, though I do have both). Wait. When did you see me in TF2?

posted about 3 years ago
#25 What are the little things that make you happy in World Events

:(

posted about 3 years ago
#23 What are the little things that make you happy in World Events
  • People that actually know how to aim. (As in they know that mouse accel and changing sens won't impact long-term aim, aim trainers can help you improve raw aim, etc.)
  • Seeing critical thinking being applied (which is rare).
  • Seeing actually good representation of neurodiversity in media (also rare).
  • Linux getting better.
posted about 3 years ago
#101 Is consistency always a good thing? in The Dumpster
Skeme...these discussions serve no purpose other than to upset people

It seems that way in this case, but this discussion got derailed the instant I said the word misconflate at no fault of my own. I rarely intend to piss off people.

posted about 3 years ago
#99 Is consistency always a good thing? in The Dumpster
bearodactyljust take an online class in linguistics for fucks sake we are all losing braincells
  1. Online classes usually cost money. A resource I don't have.
  2. College resources are usually online these days.
  3. There are linguistic communities online that can help with the field.
bearodactyl(pro tip: how do u think definitions get made? some all knowing human oracle snaps his finger and the word appears in merriam-webster?

No. That's not how words are standardized (there is no universal definition of a word; the definition of 'word' is based on [1][2]).

bearodactyllanguage is constantly changing and new words are added based on common usage, even someone who knows nothing about linguistics knows this just based off common sense alone,

You can't rely on common sense period. Statements deemed to be "common sense" (more accurately the majority's opinion) can be and often are wrong ([1]); in fact it is logically fallacious. For instance:

  • It is "common sense" to put your phone in rice after it gets wet, since rice helps dry your phone. This is not true! [1][2], as this sort of thinking comes from confirmation bias.
  • "People use 10% of their brain." This is a classic "common sense" myth though many more people recognize this is false. [1][2][3][4]
bearodactylmaybe if u werent constantly crafting up new shitposts u could sit back and think about some of the stuff u say and realize how quickly it falls apart under even minimal scrutiny)

I do sit back and think.

bearodactylfor someone who said in other threads that college is useless and a scam you really do perfectly prove the point that college is actually useful to educate ignorant morons like you who think they know what they're talking about and constantly talk out of their asses

How so?

I'll admit it was a mistake to state colleges were useless; they helped us get tons of information over 2 millennia that we would not have been able to get. However I feel that college is just too risky for me in a world where employment isn't guaranteed and the home rental market is getting more expensive.

bearodactyledit: to reiterate, the reason ppl hate on u here is not that you are dumb, it is that you are so defensive and argumentative and refuse to admit that maybe you don't know what you're talking about

I already admitted that I don't know shit about linguistics. What do you mean I "refuse to admit [my lack of knowledge]"?

AimIsADickWhile I have no credibility on this topic, since I have not studied english at a high level, I can say the same thing to you and everyone in this thread, because I have not seen any proof that y'all are credible on the topic of english.bearodactylput the ego aside and stop posting like a pretentious prick

Ok.

bearodactyland people will be fine with u asking questions even if they are a bit silly (look at rahmed he posted way too many silly threads and questions but wasnt an asshole about it so it wasn't a big deal)

How is one defined as an "asshole" or "pretentious"? I'm not trying to be a dick here; I just need to know when someone is considered an asshole so that I can reduce that feeling I'm radiating.

It'd also be great if people would stop jumping to conclusions and stop assuming shit that is impossible to verify.

Skemethe fact that this dude isn't banned yet is a sadistic prank by the tftv admins since most of u dont seem to realize you are replying to a troll

Not trolling but ok.

posted about 3 years ago
#95 Is consistency always a good thing? in The Dumpster

Well hey I didn't give a shit if misconflate was a real word prior to that argument starting up. Also there's no reason to care anyway; I carried the meaning through to you whether through the explicit word 'misconflate' or the implied definition in 'conflate'.

posted about 3 years ago
#2300 mastercomfig - fps/customization config in Customization

TF2 is likely overriding some stuff through its config.cfg file. Just make it an empty file and set read-only.

Do check your config(s) though, as it may also cause problems if script code isn't written correctly.

posted about 3 years ago
#92 Is consistency always a good thing? in The Dumpster
flyingbuddyMy guy actually made a Reddit post to try get people to validate his opinion lmao

https://www.reddit.com/r/grammar/comments/pjtclf/can_misconflate_be_considered_a_compound_word/

That post was not for confirmation bias; I just wanted more input answers from other people, because asking in one forum just feels like not enough input answers.

(Also it'd be great if you could get rid of the AMP link.)

scrambledhttps://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/804278413270843422/883500572991438868/1611180873657.jpeg

I mean you're not wrong. I spend a lot of time on my shitty laptop.

posted about 3 years ago
#88 Is consistency always a good thing? in The Dumpster
ConnieLanguage can and does gradually change over time and new words do get added but you are simply using the incorrect word, as conflate is already often used to merge things in error.

According to merriam, it merely just states "to combine", not "to combine in error".

ConnieThe best *reasonable* metric you can use is if other people have used the word you are describing before
spoiler alert the google ngram viewer returns 0 results

(What's ngram? I'm interested.)

I searched misconflate in searx (with Google and DuckDuckGo search engines enabled) and got some results containing misconflate. It's not popular, but I do get results containing it.

I'll just settle on this conclusion, since I'm getting sick of this thread: 'misconflate' (or 'misconflation') can theoretically exist as a word (since mis- and conflate are both words), but it won't be recognized as one by your metric until it's popular enough.

(How did this thread go from "is consistency always good?" to "Is misconflate a word"?)

posted about 3 years ago
#86 Is consistency always a good thing? in The Dumpster
Max_No because if I walk up to anyone (except you apparently) and use misconflate in a sentence they will look at me funny and be confused because it's not an actual word used by anyone but you.

Again. misconflate fits the rules of being a word (mis- + conflate); it's just not included in dictionaries because it isn't recognized as a word.

Max_Just because I use a unspelled "word" doesn't mean it's a word

I'm confused. Can you elaborate?

Max_That's a word right? I'm able to just toss un- infront of something just like you toss mis- infront of something

Yes. That is how prefixes work.

flatlineanybody else bored on a tuesday night

Nope. I'm currently pissed off because a lobby of idiots said that mouse accel is bad for aim...

posted about 3 years ago
#83 Is consistency always a good thing? in The Dumpster
Max_"In linguistics, a word of a spoken language can be defined as the smallest sequence of phonemes that can be uttered in isolation with objective or practical meaning."

So technically misconflate is a word, because it has a practical meaning (to badly blend).

Max_"In many languages, the notion of what constitutes a "word" may be learned as part of learning the writing system."

Do you even read what you post

Yes. To clarify I mean that there is no unified proper definition, not that there are no definitions.

posted about 3 years ago
#80 Is consistency always a good thing? in The Dumpster

Once again: A dictionary is not what [i]defines[/i] a word; it merely [i]lists[/i] words.

posted about 3 years ago
#78 Is consistency always a good thing? in The Dumpster
Max_https://gyazo.com/5a2c1af4c18bc004bf3bf47ed2923efd
Still not a word
AimIsADickThere is no proper definition for a word. A term being included in a dictionary does not make it a word.

Dictionaries only define standard english words. Plenty of AAVE words are not in official dictionaries yet. They just need widespread use and understanding among natives.
posted about 3 years ago
#76 Is consistency always a good thing? in The Dumpster
mikemathttps://youtu.be/DzDztyS09CU

...no.

posted about 3 years ago
#74 Is consistency always a good thing? in The Dumpster
bearodactyli love how the counterargument to 'conflate already carries a negative connotation' was for AimIsADick, PhD, to say 'well, what if someone used it in the other sense of the word, to mix! then i would HAVE to specify' as if citing the fact that there are in fact Two Senses of a word means you have to bastardize the word with some awful prefix instead of just writing like a normal human and letting the reader decide which you mean based on a thing called Context

Sometimes you have to specify the meaning, like in debates or journalism. Also define "bastardization" in the English language, because so long as the syntax is correct and preexisting words are used, it does not matter if the word sounds wrong or is not in the dictionary. Awkward word ≠ Invalid word.

posted about 3 years ago
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