What views do you currently hold that will look outdated to your grandchildren?

[AmazonQueen]

My lack of worry about roving bands of cannibals in the post-apocalyptic wastes

You won't be worrying about it in the post-apocalyptic wastes either. You'll either be one or be eaten, maybe both.

 

[Manfred Belheim]

These days (in the west) kids are being taught less skills that help them communicate.

fewer*

 

[warpus]

Did that typo, from someone who speaks English as a 3rd language, prevent you from understanding anything that I wrote?

Didn't think so

 

[El_Machinae]

You need to have a funny bone! Correcting grammar in posts that complain about communication skills is .... well, I think it's a moral obligation or something. If dinosaurs had done it more often, the asteroid probably would have missed.
The holy grail of these is correcting someone who complains about 'grammer'.

And I'm the last to be immune, autocorrect plus ESL plus laziness on my part riddles my posts with typos.

 

[Birdjaguar]

What was great about it? They were openly supporting pedophilia and wanting the laws to change to legalize it. If I had my way, every person who does this would be arrested by the FBI for interrogation.

For me the thread brought back great memories of posters long gone. In addition it provides a contrast to the cultural changes we've seen over the past 15 years. It is a demonstration of how the social pressure today is a constantly moving target that will be different tomorrow. It also shows how the views of more youthful posters are different from those a bit older. Focusing on the specific content of the thread is selling it short on its value.

 

[Sofista]

You need to have a funny bone! Correcting grammar in posts that complain about communication skills is .... well, I think it's a moral obligation or something. If dinosaurs had done it more often, the asteroid probably would have missed.
The holy grail of these is correcting someone who complains about 'grammer'.

It's a Game of Thrones nod (Stannis forever!!)

 

[caketastydelish]

For me the thread brought back great memories of posters long gone. In addition it provides a contrast to the cultural changes we've seen over the past 15 years. It is a demonstration of how the social pressure today is a constantly moving target that will be different tomorrow. It also shows how the views of more youthful posters are different from those a bit older. Focusing on the specific content of the thread is selling it short on its value.

The specific content of a thread absolutely matters, especially when they're openly advocating for something this grotesque and extreme.

 

[Manfred Belheim]

Did that typo, from someone who speaks English as a 3rd language, prevent you from understanding anything that I wrote?

Didn't think so

It was just a little joke but I have no idea what your 1st language is I'm afraid, and also I don't think that qualifies as a typo. But that's just me being pedantic.

 

[Terxpahseyton]

Not I do hold this deep misconceptions, but many of my peers:

Physicalism
Neurocentrism
And a clear-cut differentiation of was seems and of what is.

 

[warpus]

It was just a little joke but I have no idea what your 1st language is I'm afraid, and also I don't think that qualifies as a typo. But that's just me being pedantic.

Still, my point is that what I wrote did not hinder anyone's understanding of what was written. Whether a joke or not your post also contained what some would see as an assertion that what I wrote was an example of something that was badly communicated, which in turn could be used to argue against my original point.

You got me there though, you're right However, the way English is always evolving, how many people use the word "fewer" properly these days, in everyday conversation? A lot more people use the word "less".

 

[Gorbles]

The funniest thing (in hindsight) about the objection to text speak is that it's basically just phonetics. Which is something they now teach from primary school (starting from the alphabet).

 

[warpus]

The funniest thing (in hindsight) about the objection to text speak is that it's basically just phonetics. Which is something they now teach from primary school (starting from the alphabet).

It's not an objection. It's the observation that if you only know text speak and nothing else then you will never be as good of a communicator as somebody who knows text speak and is able to communicate with a pen or via a computer keyboard in full sentences. Obviously somebody like that will be easily able to crack the code of text speak.

 

[Gorbles]

It's not an objection. It's the observation that if you only know text speak and nothing else then you will never be as good of a communicator as somebody who knows text speak and is able to communicate with a pen or via a computer keyboard in full sentences. Obviously somebody like that will be easily able to crack the code of text speak.

The objections included positions such as that it wasn't understandable, or that it wasn't "real" (not saying this was your position, but these were positions put forward). But it is phonetics, which makes it both real and understandable. It actually takes an inherent understanding of the language to translate a regular word into text speak in the first place.

Regardless, I think it's a bit of a reach to theorise about people who "only know text speak and nothing else". Is this a group of people that actually exist?

 

[cardgame]

Not I do hold this deep misconceptions, but many of my peers:

Physicalism
Neurocentrism
And a clear-cut differentiation of was seems and of what is.

These days (in the west) kids are being taught less skills that help them communicate.

hmmm

 

[Terxpahseyton]

See how deep they are. You can't even recognize them when named.

 

[Ferocitus]

See how deep they are. You can't even recognize them when named.

Oh come on now, it's not hard to unravel that mystical claptrap, viz. You accept that you are a corporeal being and lose your mind.

 

[warpus]

The objections included positions such as that it wasn't understandable, or that it wasn't "real" (not saying this was your position, but these were positions put forward). But it is phonetics, which makes it both real and understandable. It actually takes an inherent understanding of the language to translate a regular word into text speak in the first place.

Regardless, I think it's a bit of a reach to theorise about people who "only know text speak and nothing else". Is this a group of people that actually exist?

I never objected to 'text speak', so if you are arguing against that position, it isn't mine.

 

[Birdjaguar]

Common use of text speech may be ahead for English in the western world, but atm it just looks pretentious and out of place. That is the nature of most change.

 

[Ferocitus]

Common use of text speech may be ahead for English in the western world, but atm it just looks pretentious and out of place. That is the nature of most change.

I saw an academic paper recently with TL;DR instead of Summary at the end of each section.

 

[Terxpahseyton]

Oh come on now, it's not hard to unravel that mystical claptrap, viz. You accept that you are a corporeal being and lose your mind.

Correction. You loose your ego and gain your mind. But it is about as scary as loosing your mind.