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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2016 22:56:22 GMT -5
there is a difference between being an idiot and being ignorant ignorance is skmply not knowing, but idiocy is knowing you dont know and refusing to learn for example someone who has no facts to back up their claim of an argument and resorts to things like "because i said so" and "kys" are idiots. ignorant people, however, kindly ask where they are misinformed and kindly adknowledge the other side's opinion/statements
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psa
Nov 6, 2016 23:08:43 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2016 23:08:43 GMT -5
if this weren't so wordy i'd get it tattooed on my body
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psa
Nov 7, 2016 7:48:04 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2016 7:48:04 GMT -5
@embersanja lol idiocy =/= ignorance short form
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psa
Nov 7, 2016 7:52:05 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2016 7:52:05 GMT -5
cmon man now i can't back out without looking bad );
i will make it my status if i remember to when i come out of mourning
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psa
Nov 7, 2016 7:53:39 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2016 7:53:39 GMT -5
@embersanja hahah i didnt expect you to actually get a tattoo of it lol mourning?
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psa
Nov 7, 2016 12:13:11 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2016 12:13:11 GMT -5
i know i know yes my status is ";-;" because roswell is gone. when they get back i can change it
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psa
Nov 7, 2016 13:19:43 GMT -5
Post by poppy. on Nov 7, 2016 13:19:43 GMT -5
Depending on the time and context "ignorant" can be used a number of ways. Words and their meanings change over time, particularly in their common use as well as context. Yes, the proper definition of ignorance is "lack of knowledge" and not overall negative, but the modern connotation is negative, and the connotation of a word largely defines how we use it. Therefore in common speech we use it in a negative light.
For an example of word change, back in the Middle English era, the word "nice" used to be used to describe an idiot or someone stupid, not the pleasant way that we use it today. (What makes it even more intriguing about this change, though, is that linguists have not been able to figure out when or why the definition and connotation changed--it's an enigma.)
Therefore your definition is technically correct, but the connotation has changed and therefore we use it negatively, which is also technically correct because of this.
What you are looking at is the denotation rather than the currently commonplace connotation.
Denotation is the literal or actual/primary definition of a word in contrast to thoughts/emotions/ideas that it suggests.
Connotation is the thoughts/emotions/ideas that the word invokes.
Therefore modernly we use the connotation for speech, and it is very difficult to separate the two in casual talking and writing. So neither the connotation or the denotation is incorrect, they are both correct.
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psa
Nov 7, 2016 19:50:43 GMT -5
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Nov 7, 2016 19:56:19 GMT -5
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Nov 7, 2016 20:05:25 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2016 20:05:25 GMT -5
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Nov 7, 2016 20:08:08 GMT -5
Post by 🎃❅❖.Şp໐໐kฯຟiຖ໓.❖❅🎃 on Nov 7, 2016 20:08:08 GMT -5
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