SaltSong

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[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Back when I lived in N. Carolina, there was a local brand called "Dr. Enuff." Loved that stuff.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 3 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

On earth? No, not by a long shot. We would need to get into the deconstructing planets business.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Insufficiently painful is what it is.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 5 points 2 days ago

An interesting analyses. It certainly matches what we've seen. His attacks on the standard list of people is moderately pathetic, and quite predictable.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 63 points 3 days ago (2 children)

He's never told the truth in his life. How hard would it be to say "no, of course not."

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 6 points 3 days ago

The government should be obligated to shield them from the causes of climate change. But I suppose that ship had sailed.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 1 points 4 days ago

Context is as important to language as syntax.

Context is important to the message, yes. But if I need the context to understand a particular word, I would understand the message just as well without that word.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 1 points 4 days ago

Yea. Not helpful.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 1 points 4 days ago

I'm aware of the existence of contranyms. None of the examples you gave apply, as they just have different meanings, or the same leaving with different connotations.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Wasn't he introduced with a story of pulling off a miracle to escape the Gorn? Or am I not remembering properly?

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 9 points 5 days ago (7 children)

Right, that's "speaking figuratively." There are rules for that.

But a word that means the opposite of what it means is not a useful word.

I'd hate to find a box in my lab marked "inflammable."

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 7 points 1 week ago

Trouser Python. Technically true, and no-one is going to check.

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