alt Hacker News> It's not an ad hominem if it actually explains why their opinion should not be presented as a universal statement, or something that others should police their language by
which it didn't
so "insult" is still on the table btw? wasn't mixing the two, that was a genuine "or" operation there.
> I guess, in the sense that all hyperbolic language can be negative generalization
no, in the sense that you're laundering in your normative stance about the subject into the language you use, robbing other people of the ability to articulate themselves as normal.
meaning might be associated to words within a person, but language works by consensus. they have (at minimum!) every right to bemoan your usage of slop as you do spreading it.
explicit manipulation of others' language not okay, implicit manipulation of others' language is okay?
> That doesn't mean hyperbolic words are useless.
right, that they are not. great?
Right, because "bemoaning" the usage of a word is the same as commanding other people to stop using it, calling it a "joke" with no further elaboration. That's totally the kind, thoughtful way to go about that.
Look, how about we both stop filling up this thread with pointless junk? If you want, we can say you won, and you get the internet points, or you've exposed me as the evil bad faith actor trying to get away with a mean comment, or whatever the point of this was.