A lot of people has 12 letters in it.
A lot of people seem to be unaware of the distinction between use and mention:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use%E2%80%93mention_distinction …
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^Would love to watch Socrates discuss this
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x vs 'x in Lisp...
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Well the editor did think it was ok since they weren’t some “teenager from Virginia” so I guess they deserved a pass. Or perhaps consequences should be applied or forgiven equally?
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Subtweeting the new york times.
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Omg this is so stupid, why did you make me google this?!? "regardless of intent" seems to hit the Zeitgeist exactly.
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A lot of people on the Internet on non-native speakers of the English language. So, probably, we shouldn't expect them to be aware ?
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Also, this use vs mention can also be termed as "word" vs "object" or "meaning of it" - i.e. the word used just as a word and the word used to refer to an "object". use vs mention is a more complex representation of word vs the object (or even word vs meaning of the word)
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If you think that’s the plot of the opera at this point in the narrative, you need to go back and read the libretto. The actors are not demonstrating confusion, they’re exercising (unaccountable) power.
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*exhibiting / displaying / socially-proving power that is higher-status precisely because it is visibly unaccountable and visibly unfair
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