• Soggy@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    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.

    • angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com
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      13 hours ago

      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)