• buttnugget@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    As I said, that is not correct. Language is how people use it, and people use the term acronym to describe all of these things. This is not a technical discussion.

    • HugeNerd@lemmy.ca
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      6 days ago

      If someone uses a screwdriver as a hammer, does that make the screwdriver a hammer because that’s how a person used it?

      SMH my head.

      • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
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        4 days ago

        if everyone started using “hammer” to refer to a long object used to turn screws, would you sit there having a tantrum and calling it a screwdriver?

        or would you just fucking call it a hammer so people understand you, and move on with your life

        • HugeNerd@lemmy.ca
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          3 days ago

          How long would that take, and how many people would it take? Right now, pretty much everyone is calling a screwdriver a screwdriver, you’re pretty much the only one having a fit.

          Good day, sir or madam, and may the world treat you and your condition with compassion.

      • buttnugget@lemmy.world
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        5 days ago

        I know it may be difficult to imagine, but if people call a screwdriver a hammer, that’s what it becomes. Language evolves and it’s biological. It’s really bizarre that y’all struggle with this so much.

      • buttnugget@lemmy.world
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        5 days ago

        I’m sorry you don’t understand language but I can’t both explain it to you and make you think correctly. You have to do the second part on your own. I do believe you can get there though.