I'm bored.

So I thought I'd list my views on a few controversial or interesting subjects.

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That's all for now. I may or may not update my list.

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Suggestions when asking for help on LiveJournal (or elsewhere)

Since I'm not making any complaints, I'm leaving this open. This is just advice I have based on my very minimal experience volunteering.
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Five bucks says this holds true for EVERY site in the world. Hope it's helpful, or that you already know all of this.

Why I think prescriptivism is wrong.

Mostly, because I think diversity is a Good Thing, and prescriptivism not only says "this is how you should speak" but also says "other ways of speaking are wrong/unintelligent", which does very bad things to linguistic diversity.
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*still thinking about the six (or one) who dislike me...

One comment in particular does stick in my mind, about how "she (that is, me) thinks she's so insightful".

While I do find this whole thing amusing, this one comment is annoying as all fuck. Mostly because it's the sort of thing I hear all the time. I'm saying this ONCE, and I never want to have to say it again.

DO NOT FUCKING TRY TO GUESS WHAT I AM THINKING

Not unless you really know me quite well. If I have ever claimed to be insightful, please, shoot me now. It is RUDE to try to divine the thoughts of others, and their intentions. I don't think I'm insightful, or especially interesting (though the stats disprove that idea....), I just think I'm generally bored and like to type.

Thought I'd clear that one up. You may continue with your daily business.

It's enough to make one lose one's faith.

More linguistic myths.

It's times like this when I really wish I had gotten around to correcting my ignorance of an actual signed language, all I have are notes and glosses, no words, no grammar.

*sighs*

And, fuck, I'm about to fail my paper. Quick, does anybody know anything about the Iliad?