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  1. Chet Lemon Chet Lemon

    I'm genuinely annoyed at all these people who are so up in arms about Americanisms and stuff. Half of the English language was stolen and you don't have a problem with that

    Tuesday, 02-Feb-16 22:19:02 UTC from web
    1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

      @tiffany They need something to complain about! then again, I'm a supporter of regulating language, but for the sake of it making sense rather than due to some twisted sense of patriotism.

      Tuesday, 02-Feb-16 22:32:57 UTC from web
      1. Chet Lemon Chet Lemon

        @nerthos Prescriptivists have been complaining about language 'decline' for centuries because there is actually no decline, just change

        Tuesday, 02-Feb-16 22:34:15 UTC from web
        1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

          @tiffany Just as long as the change goes forward, and not on a weird and awkward tangent.

          Tuesday, 02-Feb-16 22:35:57 UTC from web
          1. Chet Lemon Chet Lemon

            @nerthos It's pretty constant as far as linguists are concerned

            Tuesday, 02-Feb-16 22:36:26 UTC from web
            1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

              @tiffany Fair enough then. I just hate when people start using made up words that don't fit with the language's rules.

              Tuesday, 02-Feb-16 22:40:18 UTC from web
        2. Narwhal Narwhal

          @tiffany "because there is actually no decline, just change"

          The interesting thing about this is that it applies to so many things outside of language too.

          Tuesday, 02-Feb-16 23:19:54 UTC from MuSTArDroid
          1. Chet Lemon Chet Lemon

            @northernnarwhal Like whenever Gmail updates its design!

            Tuesday, 02-Feb-16 23:20:47 UTC from web
            1. Narwhal Narwhal

              @tiffany Gmail (and to a much greater extent, Youtube) effectively epitomizes the "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" idiom

              Tuesday, 02-Feb-16 23:24:58 UTC from MuSTArDroid
              1. Chet Lemon Chet Lemon

                @northernnarwhal YouTube perturbs me greatly

                Tuesday, 02-Feb-16 23:26:27 UTC from web
                1. Narwhal Narwhal

                  @tiffany We have a functional platform format that reflects the wants and needs of individual users? Better update it so it becomes deliberately difficult to navigate and we push recognized brands that make us money so content creators you care about become increasingly more difficult to immediately access.

                  Tuesday, 02-Feb-16 23:35:51 UTC from MuSTArDroid
                  1. Chet Lemon Chet Lemon

                    @northernnarwhal youtube.dog http://rainbowdash.net/attachment/832116

                    Tuesday, 02-Feb-16 23:38:12 UTC from web
                    1. Narwhal Narwhal

                      @tiffany actually me irl

                      Tuesday, 02-Feb-16 23:41:31 UTC from MuSTArDroid
                      1. Chet Lemon Chet Lemon

                        @northernnarwhal same

                        Tuesday, 02-Feb-16 23:42:44 UTC from web