What's on your mind?
08-06-2014, 08:49 AM
I am gravely upset over matters that occurred on another forum I visit...
There is a new conlanger to the board and she posted a language she said would be an experiment to the concept of Whorf hypothesis, that is being, that a language can influence the thoughts of its speakers. Rather than make a logical language, she said she'd make the opposite, a ambiguous one. She seemed to believe that logical languags or natural languages in general, were uncreative due to their being "left-brain" as she says. It's nonesense, but whatever.
The issue, however, was that of her behaviour. I tried to be polite and give suggestions, such as learning the all important International Phonetic Alphabet. Instead I was meted out with condescending behaviour. I tried to explain to her why it was important but wouldn't listen.
She kept acting like I was stupid or something. She then says things that she should have clarified earlier, like that it was a personal language, and how others would speak it were irrelevant, and then finally say that it was for "encryption purposes" like protection from the NSA or something.
Worse of all was her unrepentant attitude. She never apologized and she doesn't even care...
I have never felt so upset over such a petty thing as a random user on the internet, yet I can't even sleep... the disrespect is just shocking...
All I wanted was to offer some fucking advice, a "no thank you" would have been fine!
There is a new conlanger to the board and she posted a language she said would be an experiment to the concept of Whorf hypothesis, that is being, that a language can influence the thoughts of its speakers. Rather than make a logical language, she said she'd make the opposite, a ambiguous one. She seemed to believe that logical languags or natural languages in general, were uncreative due to their being "left-brain" as she says. It's nonesense, but whatever.
The issue, however, was that of her behaviour. I tried to be polite and give suggestions, such as learning the all important International Phonetic Alphabet. Instead I was meted out with condescending behaviour. I tried to explain to her why it was important but wouldn't listen.
She kept acting like I was stupid or something. She then says things that she should have clarified earlier, like that it was a personal language, and how others would speak it were irrelevant, and then finally say that it was for "encryption purposes" like protection from the NSA or something.
Worse of all was her unrepentant attitude. She never apologized and she doesn't even care...
I have never felt so upset over such a petty thing as a random user on the internet, yet I can't even sleep... the disrespect is just shocking...
All I wanted was to offer some fucking advice, a "no thank you" would have been fine!
"Turning iron ore into iron swords is a hard process, for one must first dig out the rock, and melt it to refine it, then one must pour that metal into a mould, let it cool a bit, and pound on it while it cools even further. Games are no different." - Ahzoh
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Vrkhazhian
ʾEšol ḵavud ʾelẕakud lav ʾezʾaẕud zwazaršeru ya lit žalneru lav lit t͛enud. Ṗal sa-ražheru lav raržižu paplam lav ṗal widsaṟam bemaḵu šuku lit ʾeyṭu waẏnilaẇ. All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.