NoGodsNoMasters

i mean he’s been hugely influential in linguistics and it’d be dumb to pretend he hasn’t made contributions of value, but it’s fun to dunk on him and there’s definitely a fair bit that’s somewhat controversial and that i disagree with

you hate chomsky for his political opinions, i hate chomsky for his linguistics opinions ~~(and also his political opinions)~~. we are not the same

and then alcohol ended up getting loaned back into arabic as (al-)kuḥūl

Really not beating the supporting Nazis allegations with this

I’ve seen literally one of those shows lol, definitely know the feeling

Ackchyually eating the rich is vegan

The time to stop using Chrome was yesterday, but I guess today is the next best

In what way is it torture and suffering, do explain. Research animals almost without exception have better quality of life than industrial farms.

If that's your defence I really don't know what to say

I know everyone here is doing China discourse here but the honestly not insignificant inequality that remained in the USSR is kinda interesting to see.

Unfortunately I could never really get that into playing and practising solo and although I continued for a while regardless I eventually dropped my lessons, something I now kinda regret, but being part of an orchestra was always my favourite part of playing the violin.

Lack of knowledge in linguistics (or languages in general) is also what stopped my conlang project in its tracks.

Yeah I've had this issue too, but it hasn't stopped me trying. I do try my best to understand the linguistics stuff enough to make sure my language is making sense, but it feels like a never-ending battle as there's always more you can learn and add. I'm kinda fine with that though, and if it weren't for conlanging I wouldn't have realised I was into linguistics and started studying it at university.

Four actually