PugJesusM to HistoryPorn • 9 months ago"My turn next!" Testing bulletproof vests, 1923media.kbin.socialimagemessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1267arrow-down112cross-posted to: forgottenweapons
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minus-squarePugJesusOPMlinkfedilink-2•9 months agoIf someone raises a semantic issue that depends on deliberately ignoring a common usage of the word, is it the issue of the original speaker, or the one raising an issue that deliberately ignores common usage?
minus-square@NOSinlinkEnglish3•9 months agoThinking a demonstration is a common sense of test, is wrong in the mind of most people. So have fun be semantically right, while less and less people will care about what you say because of that.
minus-squarePugJesusOPMlinkfedilink0•9 months ago Thinking a demonstration is a common sense of test, is wrong in the mind of most people. A demonstration to show efficacy is definitely common usage of test. But believe what you want, it’s not like anything would change your mind.
If someone raises a semantic issue that depends on deliberately ignoring a common usage of the word, is it the issue of the original speaker, or the one raising an issue that deliberately ignores common usage?
Thinking a demonstration is a common sense of test, is wrong in the mind of most people.
So have fun be semantically right, while less and less people will care about what you say because of that.
A demonstration to show efficacy is definitely common usage of test. But believe what you want, it’s not like anything would change your mind.