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badposting is a comm where you post badly


This is not a !the_dunk_tank@hexbear.net alternative. This is not a !memes@hexbear.net alternative. This is a place for you to post your bad posts.

Ever had a really shitty bit idea? Joke you want to take way past the point of where it was funny? Want to feel like a stand-up comedy guy who's been bombing a set for the past 30 minutes straight and at this point is just saying shit to see if people react to it? Really bad pun? A homemade cringe concoction? A cognitohazard that you have birthed into this world and have an urge to spread like chain mail?


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  2. This is not a comm where you direct people to other people's bad posts. This is a comm where you post badly.
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Code of Conduct applies just as much here as it does everywhere else. Technically, CoC violations are bad posts. On the other hand: L + ratio + get ~~better~~ worse material bozo

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—No, I'm not calling you lazy. I'm not calling you lazy, son. Sound changes are never lazy and never let anyone convince you they are. It's not that. You aren't lazy. No, it's just…

…Well, son, if you keep affricating /t/ like that, it's a slippery slope. That's all I'm saying. You start out only affricating and it all just seems like harmless fun and games, right? And I get it. But this isn't kids' stuff. Eventually, eventually you'll find that the affrication just isn't doing it for you anymore, so you need something more to hit that same high of mechanical optimization of your speech. And I've seen this same vicious cycle play out all over the world. People always think "oh, it's just a little affrication, what's the harm?" at first but then they always start assibilating after a while! Always! And THEN what, son?! When you start assibilating, THEN what?! The distinction between /t/ and /s/ is the ONE THING keeping popular auto-tuning rappers from turning into Pretendians! COULD YOU LIVE WITH YOURSELF, SON?! Could you live with yourself if you took that away?!

…Yeah. I thought not.

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[–] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago

Imagine a language undergoing enough sound changes that the daughter language loops back to being identical to the original language.