• BassTurd@lemmy.world
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    24 days ago

    Are you suggesting that the incorrect terms should be used to cater to those of you that don’t know there is a difference? Even if you were unaware that there is actually a difference, was the intent and meaning of the headline lost in confusion, or did you understand exactly what they meant?

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      24 days ago

      The “correct” term is the one the target audience understands to mean what is happening.

      The “difference”, again, is academic. They are de facto used interchangeably. Did the author know the difference? No idea. Could anyone tell, which group the people in question belong to? Probably not.

      So what exactly are you trying to achieve here?

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          24 days ago

          That’s the thing: You can’t know that.

          We don’t know what was meant, we don’t know what happened.

          So the autistic insistence on nitpicky details adds zero clarity to anything. It’s inherently unknowable.

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            24 days ago

            We know what the meant by the word they chose to use. They specifically said “unhoused”. Your insinuation is that the author doesn’t know what they’re talking about and may have used the wrong word instead of believing they know what they’re doing.

            You’re the one being nitpicky on details by your original response when you were critical of the word choice. We’re educating you that there is in fact a difference and that the OG headline is accurate. That hurts your butt.