Magicalus@discuss.tchncs.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours agoWhy is the word "expat" a thing?message-squaremessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up181arrow-down1message-squareWhy is the word "expat" a thing?Magicalus@discuss.tchncs.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours agomessage-square41fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareOgmios@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down30·edit-215 hours agoHear me out: Maybe everything isn’t some conspiracy to hate others.
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down5·14 hours agoah, so you have an alternative explanation?
minus-squareOgmios@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down20·14 hours agoDo you seriously need someone to explain to you why there are multiple words with similar meanings in the world?
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down4·14 hours agowell when you challenge an opinion you usually offer an alternative opinion.
minus-squareOgmios@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down16·14 hours 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-up8arrow-down3·edit-213 hours 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-up4·14 hours agoThey aren’t used interchangeably so this implies a different definition or at least distinct connotations.
minus-squareKilometers_OBrien@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·13 hours 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.
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?