the only thing suffering here, is language. things, no matter how vigorously anthomorphisized, can niether die, or be born.

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wongarsu 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

This has to be trolling. You can't claim in one sentence that language is suffering, then in the next claim that only living beings can die or be born. How is abstract concepts suffering fine, but abstract concepts dying isn't?

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kjs3 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Capital letters are apparently suffering a little.

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stalfosknight 4 hours ago | parent [-]

I really wonder how much time and effort people think they are saving by avoiding the Shift key.

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kjs3 4 hours ago | parent [-]

It's not about saving time. It's a poseur thing.

	▲	llbbdd 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It's formal vs. informal register; both of you are doing a version of the classic "Can I go to the bathroom?" / "I don't know, can you?" bit

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krapp 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Things can die and be born. The usage of those terms in relation to non-living entities and absent a description of biological progeny and senescence has been commonplace in English for centuries. For instance, the "birth" of a new era, or the "death" of disco.

You may find it easier to function in modern society without having such a strictly literal view of language. Idioms and metaphors do exist.