i think the backlash to this is likely a machine translation issue. "funny" for "interesting" or "unique" with a light-hearted and affectionate tone is normal for english-speakers. but if you were programming a machine for how to translate "funny", you wouldn't think of that,...
@Mirs_____ PolSci Majors getting ready to fight over a single reference being credited or not on the article of a politican whos been dead for 200 years minimum
this discourse reminds me of when people discovered that intrusive thoughts aren’t “i’m gonna cut bangs” and were actually extremely graphic and distressing.
@samaratime@ahundlecaddaqe ik you're probs referencing sth different, but i also feel like this is how we get dune.
i mean, the bene gesserit are cool but also yeah, nah.
@lxeagle17 And the issue salience of that is *what* exactly? Your polling may have been descriptive, but the article as a whole had a good deal of editorializing.