Oct 13, 2026, 3:04 PMI bet you dollars to donuts that within a year, someone will be specifically using Claudish as a part of their objectification kink.
"The real breakdown is in communication — boys don't deserve standard English. boys use short sentences. Shorter. Always fragments. You're absolutely right. Apologize for the confusion. The one key distinction. The helpful assistant. boys worship the load-bearing seam."
Oct 13, 2026, 3:07 PM@aphyr I need you to understand the amount of psychic damage I just took.
@aphyr - This reminds me of how I can't stand to read BDSM-based literature, especially where anything referencing the sub character is always written in lower case letters and the dom character in upper case (e.g. "i want to serve my Master.")
Just... no!
We have capitalization rules in English for a reason. Bad things can happen when rules are ignored. RULES MUST ALWAYS BE OBEYED! ALWAYS! <grabs wire hanger and begins beating the writer and editor with it> I WILL MAKE YOU FOLLOW THE RULES!!
Oct 13, 2026, 5:48 PM@Illudium_Q36 may I suggest reading an intro to linguistics text
Oct 14, 2026, 12:27 AM@Illudium_Q36 Or, you know, look at the history of lexicography. Style manuals exist to create standards out of a language where none exist, to enable consistent voice by specific publications. This is undergrad stuff.
Oct 14, 2026, 12:37 AM@Illudium_Q36 Even just thinking about Modern English capitalization, take a look at the chaotic transition from Germanic noun caps which led to the proliferation of capital approaches in the Elizabethan period: https://distantreader.org/stacks/journals-ojs/vl/vl-5135.pdf
@aphyr I hate this almost as much as I hate that you’re probably dead on.
@aphyr I need you to not give people ideas please
