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minus-squareSoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·14 hours agoThat’s just misapplying an academic definition in a colloquial circumstance, which happens a lot in various disciplines. It’s like the “what is a vegetable” question: it means different things to a botanist, chef, and tax collector.
minus-squareangstylittlecatboy@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down10·13 hours agoAh, the American Millennial: the generation that could’ve led us toward utopia if they cared more about actions than words. (yes I see the whole academic definitions thing as a specifically Millennial trait)
That’s just misapplying an academic definition in a colloquial circumstance, which happens a lot in various disciplines. It’s like the “what is a vegetable” question: it means different things to a botanist, chef, and tax collector.
Ah, the American Millennial: the generation that could’ve led us toward utopia if they cared more about actions than words.
(yes I see the whole academic definitions thing as a specifically Millennial trait)