We literally had thats discussion at university not too long ago. I hope you have a nice day listening and LEARNING about Portuguese and Spanish. Bless your heart

Language is a very personal thing, and speakers generally don't realise how little they know about language. It's not worth my time to engage further with someone who isn't open to the possibility that their understanding is narrower than they believed. I hope that you'll find the curiosity to look into things, or at least take a nice walk listening to music you enjoy to help yourself feel better. Good luck with your day.

You seem very upset at the fact that I see verifying 100 barbers as too much work. And you don't want to answer my question as to how you'd know who's a serial killer because you wouldn't be able to without someone telling you or you looking it up.

It's Merriam Webster. They chose to add the word "discrimination" to any word using "phobic" that's centered around people, yet don't do that for any other "phobic" words. They also don't define "phobic" using the word "discrimination." So, you can probably see how they've adapted Greek words to mean whatever they want them to mean. By you using the word, you are saying you agree. By agreeing, you are changing Greek words that have been established for about 2400 years and choosing when and when not to add the meaning of bigotry or hatred to the suffix "phobic." You are picking and choosing when and where "phobic" means one thing vs another.

The palladium outdoors holds like 8,000 ppl it’s not selling out that fast, if at all

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Your wardrobe should be stylish, because it pays to dress well! (Also you will need layers for the Winter)

Latine also doesn’t existe. Nobody uses it. Latinx literally only exists in the United States to make sense in English for people who doesn’t know that the neutral form of latino is … latino. The O is a indication of neutrality… it’s the same as calling you Americanx to make sense in my language but doesn’t make sense for native speakers. Also if you want to be insensitive to latinos all around the world with this Latinx BS that is more than rejected in the community, than be it. Some people enjoy being laughed at

Linguists observe and describe how people use language. Different languages and dialects use words differently, especially when they cross cultures. "Latine", for example, may be used by some in the Hispanosphere in the same manner that certain Anglophones use "Latinx", and both are equally valid words which are attested through popular use.

The word "Latinx" can sound odd to you, and that's totally fine. It sounds odd to me, too -- my cohort all use "Latin" to describe the same when we speak English. The word not being a part of your or my idiolects or local dialects doesn't mean that it isn't valid to others, though.

I suspect you're a much bigger person than I am lol I was also more concerned about him since he's not American and that would likely make him a target (because thiefs prefer non-residents).

I've been targeted by gang members in Worcester trying to complete their initiation (AKA committing a felony).

I don't see as many gang members in Worcester as there used to be, but they're still here. The Worcester police still write reports about the Kilby gang from time to time. One of their co-founders became a mentor in the community back in 2016 (I think) so they're a lot smaller than they were.

There were a few gang related shootings back in 2020.

Do this post again but in 10 years. Then I’ll think about saying hi

With this maturity you shouldn’t be in the internet at all! Unless you are a undercover cop trying to bait predators

You’re really insufferable.

Good for you that you would go to a barber without checking which one. This person chose not to do that, and that is perfectly OK. I’m not answering your straw man questions about how I know there’s a serial killer.

I didn’t invent the word transphobic, go write a letter to Merrimack Webster and tell them all about your feelings.

The word was made up by English speaker to comfort their little hearts. It is not a word for native speakers. It’s the same as I start calling you Americanx because I don’t want to say americana or americano on my own language and you have to accept this term as your own although it makes no sense for you to

If you are a linguistic you should know that spanish and portuguese already have a neutral form.

>LIf there’s a hundred men in the room and one of them is a serial killer, I’m going to avoid all 100 men

How do you know there's a serial killer in the room?

>Again, you can judge people to keep yourself safe, and it’s done subconsciously every day.

Never said you couldn't. I'm saying if you judge people based on what someone did, or said, to you before, you're being prejudice (or bias if you want a nicer word). You're making assumptions of people. With my past examples, this could be racist or sexist, so how is it any different in this case?

>So, if there’s a hundred barbers in worcester and one of them is transphobic, wouldn’t you want to try and find out which one?

Nope. I'd go to a barber and see how the interaction goes. 1/100 is such a small chance that it's not worth the time and effort to figure out which one it is.

Also, you're using "transphobic" incorrectly. Phobic is a suffix from the Greek language and literally means having or involving an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something. Such as arachniphobic, which is an extreme fear of spiders. You can't decide to change the Greek language that has been set for around 2400 years. Or did you think arachniphobic meant to have an extreme hatred or bigotry of spiders?

Honey pot? How come I’m curious

Person: That word is made up!

Me, whispering softly: All words are made up.

This seems like a honey pot account lol

Take it from a professional linguist: If people are using "Latinx" as a word, then it's a word.

Surprise, they've deleted their post due to being called out.

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Chris how?

I'm sure this'll do well but as big a Weezer fan as I am I'm not sure they've got 'instantly sell out a venue' levels of popularity in 2023. Love to be proven wrong though since it's pretty rare a band that I was into in 1999 is still popular now that I'm old.

To the sidenote...I doubt the Palladium does, I've been to like 40+ concerts there in my lifetime and never felt like that.

Off the Rails is one of the most claustrophobic buildings I've ever been in though. It feels like it's barely ten feet across in places. Even if they weren't packing people in over capacity I can see that building feeling like a can of sardines.

Chris Hansen, is that you?