Magicalus@discuss.tchncs.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoWhy is the word "expat" a thing?message-squaremessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1123arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1113arrow-down1message-squareWhy is the word "expat" a thing?Magicalus@discuss.tchncs.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square52fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareOgmios@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up32arrow-down38·edit-21 month agoHear me out: Maybe everything isn’t some conspiracy to hate others.
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down9·1 month agoah, so you have an alternative explanation?
minus-squareOgmios@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down26·1 month agoDo you seriously need someone to explain to you why there are multiple words with similar meanings in the world?
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down7·1 month agowell when you challenge an opinion you usually offer an alternative opinion.
minus-squareOgmios@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down23·1 month agoUsually. But if the premise is particularly stupid I might choose to prompt the speaker to actually think about what they’ve said for a moment. Or you could just read any of the numerous other comments here which offer other explanations.
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down5·edit-21 month agoi did think about it and it matches my experience. i will read the rest of the thread. Edit: i have now read the rest of the thread. nobody seems to agree and i see no sources.
minus-squareWindex007@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·1 month agoThey aren’t used interchangeably so this implies a different definition or at least distinct connotations.
minus-squareKilometers_OBrien@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down4·1 month agoBut that means these cretins may have to reevaluate themselves and their opinions. We can’t have that now, can we?
Hear me out:
Maybe everything isn’t some conspiracy to hate others.
ah, so you have an alternative explanation?
Do you seriously need someone to explain to you why there are multiple words with similar meanings in the world?
well when you challenge an opinion you usually offer an alternative opinion.
Usually. But if the premise is particularly stupid I might choose to prompt the speaker to actually think about what they’ve said for a moment.
Or you could just read any of the numerous other comments here which offer other explanations.
i did think about it and it matches my experience. i will read the rest of the thread.
Edit: i have now read the rest of the thread. nobody seems to agree and i see no sources.
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They aren’t used interchangeably so this implies a different definition or at least distinct connotations.
But that means these cretins may have to reevaluate themselves and their opinions.
We can’t have that now, can we?