SaltSong @ SaltSong @startrek.website

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

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

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.

Yea. Not helpful.

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.

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

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."

If anyone wanted this information, they could just post a bogus job, and people will just send them the data.

The current administration is making Humphrey Appleby seem a much better option.

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

Maybe there's a reason we prefer tenure civil servants who don't have financial interest at odds with their job?

No research needed. Getting back to the routine, after a suitable period that varies from person to person, is important. But it is not, in itself, healing, and someone who didn't miss a day of work is not doing well.

Oh certainly. But it's treating a symptom, not the actual problem.

I was thinking this myself.

That's not healthy, though. That's repression, which is bad for you. I know it's bad for you, as I have not had more than six emotions in the past 20 years.

I think this is going to backfire as it increases competition for attention and audience

Same thing with streaming. There was a golden age, briefly, before everyone decided to make their own.

I don't think 29 year olds are millennial, are they? Or is this an older meme?

Because we have YouTube videos instead.