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minus-square@MunkysUnkEnz0linkEnglish37•4 hours agoDon’t they know just because you’ve banned a word, doesn’t mean that the item or thing automatically poofs out of existence? This is that easy. There’s a few words I’d love to ban. How about Elmo? And Turd
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•48 minutes agoUnfortunately, this kind of control of language does work in the long term.
minus-square@MothmanDelorianlinkEnglish23•3 hours agoIt makes it harder to pursue science when you cannot use the terns others in ypur field use.
Don’t they know just because you’ve banned a word, doesn’t mean that the item or thing automatically poofs out of existence?
This is that easy. There’s a few words I’d love to ban. How about Elmo? And Turd
Unfortunately, this kind of control of language does work in the long term.
It makes it harder to pursue science when you cannot use the terns others in ypur field use.