He, language changes, new informalisms drop constantly. it is better to accept it and move on, otherwise growing old will get really annoying, and you do not want to spend any portion of your life complaining about those damn kids
We used to critique whig historiography, maybe we need to critique whig linguistics too. “Westoid” reeks of campism, that’s not something to just accept and move on.
Call me old fashioned, but language matters. And if you scroll through this thread you will see that OP is pretty much using it as a campist slur, not ironically.
The point of the Latuff cartoon is valid, I just really dislike the smell of the word “westoid”.
tbf, the word smells better than the people (“peoploid”) it refers to.
The term smacks of eating just as much propaganda as the people that they’re complaining about.
He, language changes, new informalisms drop constantly. it is better to accept it and move on, otherwise growing old will get really annoying, and you do not want to spend any portion of your life complaining about those damn kids
We used to critique whig historiography, maybe we need to critique whig linguistics too. “Westoid” reeks of campism, that’s not something to just accept and move on.
yhea, but judging language is something I don’t want to waste energy doing. as long as I’m confident I understood the meaning I don’t care.
And often people adopt those terms ironically. or spread naturally by kids grabbing new words.
it might be a slight red flag, but too many false positives to care.
Call me old fashioned, but language matters. And if you scroll through this thread you will see that OP is pretty much using it as a campist slur, not ironically.
I gotta respect my leftists elders, keep an eye on campists🫡
We don’t need an age/authority framework to have a discussion.
was trying to jokingly do an ok boomer.
Disengage