“Um, actually, language changes all the time so words mean whatever I want them to mean. That’s why I am now a literal doctor of linguistics according to my own definitions of what ‘doctor’ and ‘linguistics’ mean.”
being extremely obnoxious about linguistics (wikipedia pages and arguing over descriptive vs prescriptive only) was one of the defining characteristics of early reddit comment sections. That shit still sets off my alarm bells lol
I chose linguistics as my example of autodidactical solipsistic bullshit because of experience with the type.
EDIT: Disclaimer: I’m didn’t intend to knock Chomsky’s linguistics expertise; I had used an emoji about him because I mentioned linguistics, but now I see how that can be taken as saying he wasn’t qualified as a linguist, which wasn’t my intention so I removed the emoji. That said, he can be criticized for other reasons
I wasn’t actually intending to knock Chomsky in that way there, only posting the emoji because “linguistics” reference and associations because hehe emoji.
That said, his “none of your damn business” response to questions was very sus.
I’m thinking back to an argument on the Internet (I half heartedly replied to dissenters as I posted lefty propaganda) where they contested my claim that right wing meant that you’re in favor of hierarchical organization of society and that necessarily means corporations because it’s meta. And they were all “right wing means different things at different times. Sometimes it means a mountain village with bakers and shit.” Baby brain and you know their ass only wants a certain kind of person in that village
“Um, actually, language changes all the time so words mean whatever I want them to mean. That’s why I am now a literal doctor of linguistics according to my own definitions of what ‘doctor’ and ‘linguistics’ mean.”
being extremely obnoxious about linguistics (wikipedia pages and arguing over descriptive vs prescriptive only) was one of the defining characteristics of early reddit comment sections. That shit still sets off my alarm bells lol
Nietzsche gets a lot of flack for his obnoxious followers but Wittgenstein has his own lot
Evergreen comic: https://existentialcomics.com/comic/125
I chose linguistics as my example of autodidactical solipsistic bullshit because of experience with the type.
EDIT: Disclaimer: I’m didn’t intend to knock Chomsky’s linguistics expertise; I had used an emoji about him because I mentioned linguistics, but now I see how that can be taken as saying he wasn’t qualified as a linguist, which wasn’t my intention so I removed the emoji. That said, he can be criticized for other reasons
that’s not quite fair whatever you think about Chomsky politically his work on linguistics is impressive.
Richard Dawkins is a knob but he still does know about biology
I wasn’t actually intending to knock Chomsky in that way there, only posting the emoji because “linguistics” reference and associations because hehe emoji.
That said, his “none of your damn business” response to
questions was very sus.
yeah well being a good academic is no more a guarantee of morality than being a good plumber is
I had no intention of knocking his academic chops there. Academic… chopsky?
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I once had to explain to a fucking doctor what’s the difference between colloquial and philosophical meanings of the word “materialism”.
Materialism means treats and if you criticize the treats you’re against materialism.
A sh.itsfullof.nazis poster pulled this exact shit on me lol
I’m thinking back to an argument on the Internet (I half heartedly replied to dissenters as I posted lefty propaganda) where they contested my claim that right wing meant that you’re in favor of hierarchical organization of society and that necessarily means corporations because it’s meta. And they were all “right wing means different things at different times. Sometimes it means a mountain village with bakers and shit.” Baby brain and you know their ass only wants a certain kind of person in that village