so what would you make of the above question after you consider the pronunciation of, say, “peon”? or “biopic”? or “biopsy”?
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@vaporeon_ surely you can agree that the presence of suffuring in the world does not mean you’re not allowed levity
@vaporeon_ it’s called black comedy
@vaporeon_ you can engage in weird or even absurd jokes without descending into nihilism or disingenuous, plausibly-deniable shitposting
@vaporeon_ i like weird jokes, making them is not a flaw
@alyssa the newly released 12th edition of the merriam-webster collegiate dictionary insists the y is silent, which is what inspired my poll, because i Disagree, in that there is definitely a glide there. (bafflingly, its attested purronunciation fur the word does not even transcribe the existence of a glide!)
(that said, your counterpoint is the reason i somewhat considered that m-w might be “right” here, and also a contributing factor to why i created the poll)
@vaporeon_ if you would really like to boost the meowscaradas, i can change the bot real quick
@vaporeon_ the meowscarada is from my daily good murrnyawn post, which triggers on my furst post of the day, and is always posted on my account
@cam furgive me if i’m being too mean to her, but the misunderstanding your eyes “get immune” to the current focusing effects of your glasses is painful lol
@vaporeon_ evidently? i can’t elaborate
@vaporeon_ i can tell you a list, but if you really want more explanation on it, you should ask someone qualified to talk about how gender was conceptualized in the Talmud
@vaporeon_ regional nidoran variant with forms fur every gender in the Talmud (there are eight)
it’s pronounced “ashling”. canonically a black housecat or any of the grass cat pokémon, but currently experiencing daily TFs. Commewnist. she/it. i automatically change my pfp on the furst post of the day
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