• Badabinski
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    412 days ago

    The poster is saying that match-man isn’t cool. He then goes on to say that he does think match man is cool and that he’s just jealous that he can’t be cool.

    He’s not really mocking the person, although I guess it could be considered a backhanded compliment.

    • @LovableSidekick
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      2 days ago

      I get the feeling people can almost use words any way they want now and somehow it’s recognizable because of general shared culture.

      • Badabinski
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        152 days ago

        Honestly, I love it. English is such a twisted, fucked up language and it’s like we’re collectively acknowledging it and using it to our advantage.

        • @Gradually_Adjusting
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          82 days ago

          English is the only language that acknowledges the fact that I’m a divine being of chaos at the infinite centre of creation, which is the main thing holding back my study of French

      • @JustAnotherKay
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        82 days ago

        People can almost use words any way they want

        Definitions come from the way people use words, not the other way around. This has been the case for a long time, that’s how Shakespeare got away with inventing so many words. He just used em and people were like “yeah that’s alright, those collections of sounds can definitely describe this feeling/thing/whatever”