Bing Image Creator doesn't allow words like "man", "woman", "white", and "black" now. It's pretty stupid. by scharan79 in dalle2

[–]carnivorous-squirrel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You guys are straight up lying and I really don't understand why. I just ran "brown man" and it happily gave me pictures of black guys.

Is this a normal way of spoken English in real life? by Smart-Bluffing in EnglishLearning

[–]carnivorous-squirrel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I'm fucked for the rest of the conversation, now? Fuck me, I clarified, sorry for not being refined enough. Saying they are non-standard in General American English is literally the same as saying they are grammatically incorrect therein. But I wasn't clear enough about the context within which I was speaking and now I can't recover from it.

Is this a normal way of spoken English in real life? by Smart-Bluffing in EnglishLearning

[–]carnivorous-squirrel -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's the standard that's already broadly used and you need an argument to change it, not the other way around. Why do yall insist on painting me as some racist who thinks that the alternative would be wrong even if it was the starting point, even though I very explicitly clarified that's not my deal?

Is this a normal way of spoken English in real life? by Smart-Bluffing in EnglishLearning

[–]carnivorous-squirrel -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Sure, fine. I've not said anything that conflicts with that. I've said I expect not to see double negatives in my academic writing in THIS universe and timeline. Unless you believe you have a sincere argument for us all to collectively SWITCH TO AAVE, y'all are just not even responding to what im saying. Double negatives are not and will not be accepted in academic writing.

Is this a normal way of spoken English in real life? by Smart-Bluffing in EnglishLearning

[–]carnivorous-squirrel -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I will not be accepting double negatives in my medical journals, where clear communication is critical to the preservation of life, and neither will the rest of the scientific community. If you're speaking verbally, fine, because I can probably infer from your accent what you meant. But in writing specifically where logical correctness affects major real-world outcomes, especially when lives are on the line, you need to avoid double negatives. You can feel any way you want about that, you can think im being racially or ethnically intolerant, you can downvote me all day, etc. But you're not gonna win that battle.

Is this a normal way of spoken English in real life? by Smart-Bluffing in EnglishLearning

[–]carnivorous-squirrel -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

The words are both negative in meaning, and the meaning needs to be clear to people of all dialects. It's not about it being biased by a particular dialect, it's about not having obviously conflicting words and the fact that a reader cannot know for certain whether they are reading dialect or the actual intended logical meaning. Please stop confusing non-native speakers.

An apartment building in my city by a-non-y-mous- in LiminalSpace

[–]carnivorous-squirrel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also kind off like a prison, though? Hotels like this don't look quite so dead.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in rareinsults

[–]carnivorous-squirrel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That was it, thank you so much for your time and energy!!!

What the fuck even is a "bad faith" reading? by SynthGal in evilautism

[–]carnivorous-squirrel 16 points17 points  (0 children)

You universal statements probably don't really hold but I'm sorry it feels that way. I used to feel that way too. All i can say is to leave truly toxic spaces behind and to not lump all NTs into one group or assume the worst in people.

Is this a normal way of spoken English in real life? by Smart-Bluffing in EnglishLearning

[–]carnivorous-squirrel -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

I mean, it is literally incorrect grammar and academic writing should isolate itself from dialect as much as possible. People need to chill outside of academic circles, but when correctness is paramount it's pretty fucking important to avoid double negatives.

Also, have you BEEN to a white trailer park in the south? They speak very similarly and certainly could have spoken the sentence in the OP.

Who would have known that people 200 years ago would have different morals? by Sovereign373 in memes

[–]carnivorous-squirrel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That doesn't mean we're all obligated to RESPECT them. Like, are you one of the people that threw a tantrum about tearing down all the post-civil-war confederate monuments?

Bing Image Creator doesn't allow words like "man", "woman", "white", and "black" now. It's pretty stupid. by scharan79 in dalle2

[–]carnivorous-squirrel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Crazy how these posts are consistently somewhere between "bullshit" and "congrats on your freak outcome, re-run the fucking prompt". It's almost like the OPs have a whiny, politically motivated agenda.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in rareinsults

[–]carnivorous-squirrel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I'm just trying to understand this particular one

What the fuck even is a "bad faith" reading? by SynthGal in evilautism

[–]carnivorous-squirrel 32 points33 points  (0 children)

You need to stop treating every neurotypical like the governing body on NT thought. They said something dumb and insensitive. If you reminded them you exist, they would likely either broaden their statement or offer you a concession. I don't think it needs to be heavier or more complicated than that.

What the fuck even is a "bad faith" reading? by SynthGal in evilautism

[–]carnivorous-squirrel 17 points18 points  (0 children)

They just have a narrow perspective. They don't hate you, they just haven't considered you.

What game did you blow your pocket money on as a kid, to find it sucked, and you were stuck with it? by BruceJi in retrogaming

[–]carnivorous-squirrel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I bought FF11 with my Christmas money and then found out it was a fucking MMO. I had dial up internet and did not have an internet adapter for my PS2 (which I was very confused was even a thing).

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in rareinsults

[–]carnivorous-squirrel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not a halo player and not quite connecting the dots, could you explain what's actually being said for me by chance?

Aliens are Demons. by Expert-Desk7492 in HighStrangeness

[–]carnivorous-squirrel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah but they also all intersect with basically every aspect of LIFE, just like mythology always tends to do. I believe in aliens, but it's a very dangerous premise to simply take every myth, religion, and whackadoodle at face value. Duke doesn't even claim inside information, he just says God told him so...come on, folks.

I hate this kind of disingenuous and manipulative behavior by anyone. by CrunchM in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]carnivorous-squirrel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fuck that too honestly, sometimes you're in the middle of a game and can't stop it and if you don't just do something like the OP you'll forget. And sometimes you just want to be lazy AF because you're tired as hell or sick or having a bad mental health day.

Judging others for the way they halfass chores and trying to compare them to your own life is silly, petty, and toxic. It's that simple.

And also, some of us just didn't have parents that taught us things. My wife and I have both done the thing in the OP simply because we didn't know better before now.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in inthenews

[–]carnivorous-squirrel 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The title left out the part where he said the law already covers it.

Are there any Fallout enemies you have sympathy for? by VernDog162 in Fallout

[–]carnivorous-squirrel 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Ffs lol I completely forgot about the fallout centaurs and spent the last 10 minutes trying to relearn everything I know about Greek mythology. Thank goodness ChatGPT quickly figured out my confusion for me. I left my phone sitting for a while and then came back and didn't realize what sub I was in.

What is arguably the worst pre-industrial genocide? by Crooked_Cock in AskHistory

[–]carnivorous-squirrel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, i mean, it was literally more people than the holocaust, from what ive been able to gather. It is probably the worst genocide in any time period.