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minus-squareSwednecklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoi think we need more prescriptivists who insist we should all speak toki pona and write in chinese
minus-square7bicycles [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI’d respect that a lot more on the basis of you have to have argued yourself into that one in some way that isn’t being subservient to your elementary school teachers authority at 45
minus-squareSwednecklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agodid you mean to reply to someone else? i’m pretty clearly making a joke, albeit with a grain of seriousness.
i think we need more prescriptivists who insist we should all speak toki pona and write in chinese
I’d respect that a lot more on the basis of you have to have argued yourself into that one in some way that isn’t being subservient to your elementary school teachers authority at 45
did you mean to reply to someone else? i’m pretty clearly making a joke, albeit with a grain of seriousness.