Eggyhead

Eggyhead, 9 miesięcy temu

Gamers worldwide think game prices are already too high.

Eggyhead, 8 miesięcy temu

I appreciate the candid reply. Any stand-out AA or indie titles out there that really stuck with you?

Eggyhead, 9 miesięcy temu

I am playing the trails series for the first time, and I’m doing it by order of release. I’m at the finale chapter of Trails to Azure and I’m super excited to finally reach the cold steel saga, but should I play Nayuta first? (I kind of think I should, but I don’t know if it’s related to everything else.)

Eggyhead, 9 miesięcy temu

I mean, the absurdity of your argument that a sci-fi space rpg can’t meet your standards of “reality” because of a mere ignorable, pre-existing and commonly used pronoun aside, I’m going to have to step in on this particularly low-hanging morsel…

The rules of English grammar are objective.

If English grammatical rules were objective, we’d all still be talking the way people did way before Shakespeare. Actually, Shakespeare’s writings wouldn’t exist today if English grammar wasn’t at all subjective because he flat out made up a ton of words and phrases we still use today. Also, you’ve heard of poetry, right?

“It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” (Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 5)

Eggyhead, 9 miesięcy temu

Just off the top of my head: In some US dialects, rather than a single word changing between negative and positive form (e.g. “I didn’t take any pictures”), instead an entire sentence is shifted into a negative mode (“I didn’t take no pictures”). Traditional grammar rules would dictate that as a double negative, implying the speaker did in fact take pictures, but only an idiot would actually choose interpret it that way.

Next, we have the impact of the internet. “lol” might occasionally be spoken aloud in many circumstances as a substitute for “that’s funny” or something similar. Colloquial written English is all over the place. We now not only use “lol”, but “fwiw,” “afaik,” and many others.

Then there’s emoji. We’re basically using glyphs to express ideas, not unlike how kanji works, and traditional rules of grammar don’t always apply when you’re expressing an idea through pictures, though it’s interesting when it does. Animated GIFs and memes often butcher grammar rules without sacrificing any understanding of intent.

A simple google search turns up many more examples than I could possibly be aware of.

Now it’s your turn. Feel free to explain why you think using “they” as a singular pronoun applies as a grammar rule violation in the 21st century. If you can’t use more than a typical snarky one or two-liner, you should just consider this argument lost and rethink your life.

Eggyhead, 9 miesięcy temu

Dialects aren't the actual language. They're just wilful ignorance.

Say everyone bakes a potato. If your neighbor baked theirs differently than you, would that mean they’re ignorant?

And, again, vocabulary isn't grammar.

Good for you? No one said it was.

Eggyhead, 9 miesięcy temu

You probably don’t even know what an actual school looks like.

Eggyhead, 9 miesięcy temu

I'll be waiting until you have an actual argument to make. Until then, maybe reconsider where you get your "information".

Eggyhead, 10 miesięcy temu

I would be happy if MTX were just a default penalty rule on all game review scores. MTX: Yes. Score -2.

Eggyhead, 10 miesięcy temu

…from a developer that disavows micro transactions!