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Post by grimgryphon on Sept 19, 2016 19:13:21 GMT
Hey, thought I'd drop In with a little morsel for you.
I ran into a old gaming buddy today who is still playing SotA. He is one of us who has managed to avoid a perm ban.
He was telling me that recently the mods have started deleting threads with the reason "nonsensical" instead of "inappropriate behavior".
Now what do you make of that? lulz
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Post by nemolives on Sept 20, 2016 1:33:11 GMT
They may have picked it up from Steam, where the mentally ill, the completely immature and the outright scammers throw such buzzwords around endlessly... Cult see, cult do, cult take paypal only.
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Post by Mordecai on Sept 21, 2016 19:33:56 GMT
Idk Nemo, I think "nonsensical" is a fine word. It's a concise way of saying "doesn't make sense," without the linguistic awkwardness of equating "making sense (read literally)" to being reasonable, logical, or comprehensible. The structure of the word is simple, easily understandable, clearly stemming from the word "nonsense." It's a shame if it's being misused like you say.
It's downright nonsense.
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Post by nemolives on Sept 21, 2016 22:59:12 GMT
Idk Nemo, I think "nonsensical" is a fine word. It's a concise way of saying "doesn't make sense," without the linguistic awkwardness of equating "making sense (read literally)" to being reasonable, logical, or comprehensible. The structure of the word is simple, easily understandable, clearly stemming from the word "nonsense." It's a shame if it's being misused like you say. It's downright nonsense. Oh I agree about the word itself; but you remove all meaning from words when they become memes; See also; - "Entitlement"
- "Jealousy"
- "Hater"
- "Obsessional"
And so on. I intensely dislike the Alt-Right, but one thing they're accurate about is "Virtue Signalling", the concept of using words not to make points or fight for causes, but to signal you're part of the acceptable In Crowd. In Shroud's case, Nonsensical seems to have become such a word; and largely because it's being co-opted from the critics of the game. You'll see the same mindless parrot-speak on Steam from my current collection of lunatics. If I say a claim about how you can buy property is a lie, you'll have weeks of people saying "Liar liar liar" back to me...
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