Posts by ergative@wandering.shop
 (DIR) Post #AS8tlYxZ4vzMMbMQqW by ergative@wandering.shop
       2023-01-29T16:49:37Z
       
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       I've been seeing some discussion about #enshittification with claims of the sort: 'My granny's old washing machine is 50 years old and still runs perfectly.'(This is also comon in the #FountainPen world: ''Vintage pens work perfectly after 50 years, while my TWSBI cracked thrice in a decade!')Folks: I'm not here to argue about actual lifespans of objects. But consider: The shitty older things that broke down in a year are no longer here to compare with the new things BECAUSE THEY BROKE.
       
 (DIR) Post #AS8tlZTp8znDyeSC80 by ergative@wandering.shop
       2023-01-29T16:52:01Z
       
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       It is fundamentally an unequal comparison to talk about superior lifespans of vintage objects relative to inferior lifespans of modern objects.We won't know whether a modern object will last 50 years until we wait half a century. The only modern lifespans we can actually measure are the ones that are over---i.e., the ones of objects that broke quickly.By contrast, the only vintage objects that we still have to compare them with are the ones that DID last 50 years. I.e., the ones that lasted.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASNRbdBFe45YE2Uef2 by ergative@wandering.shop
       2023-02-05T18:09:13Z
       
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       @cattailnu 'But it's not finished,' said Blue. 'The board should have---''No,' Red said. 'You play the game on the board you're given. If you insist the board is wrong, the game will pass you by.'Blue hesitated. She knew the game. Or rather, she had thought she knew the game. But this was not the game she thought she knew.'It's all a metaphor, anyway,' Red murmured. 'It's not like it's real.'Blue nodded, and at length picked up a piece.Red smiled. They always fell for it, eventually.
       
 (DIR) Post #AZ1mHvlbEfwcYKGYUq by ergative@wandering.shop
       2023-08-23T10:55:29Z
       
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       Hey, Mastodon, I have a student who needs some #Scottish English speakers to do an online linguistics experiment. Can you help out? Boosts appreciated, or you can just click the link if you qualify!#Scotland #experiment #linguistics https://research.sc/participant/login/dynamic/40FE9D0B-2C90-47F9-9F47-B72F35A68CBA
       
 (DIR) Post #AizP1ZZyY8lxGJOsEK by ergative@wandering.shop
       2024-06-16T15:32:55Z
       
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       @ZachWeinersmith Ah, I see you've met admirers of Katisha from The Mikado.
       
 (DIR) Post #AtQMdmAFkj4NHXgria by ergative@wandering.shop
       2025-04-24T15:32:31Z
       
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       Guuyyzzz, my undergraduate who wrote a dissertation on value judgments based on the phonetics of conlanguages finished the project and it's really, really good! It's so good! I'm so proud!Thanks to everyone who responded to my call earlier this year to help him find speakers for his experiment! #conlang #linguistics #phonetics