raresbears

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[–] raresbears@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Are you saying that the meanings of words exist prior to those words?

[–] raresbears@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 month ago (3 children)

in what way is calling water wet laziness or cognitive ambivalence? it’s not like wetness is something that just exists in the world prior to our construction of it

[–] raresbears@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 month ago

at least for blood is thicker the “full version” is actually most likely newer than the one you’re complaining about. it’s almost as though people use language to say what they want to say. nothing anti-intellectual about that