I’ve been thinking for a while about the propensity to substitute common words with similar-sounding, but more obscure, words (often in an effort to sound intelligent). However, the substitute is a different word and does not mean the same thing, which often results in a malapropism. Urban Dictionary has a[…]
General
My Favourite Excerpts from the US Army Survival Manual
On how to catch fish using a technique called “Chop Fishing.” What might this secret art of chop fishing entail? With the lighted torch in one hand and the machete in the other: – Wade into the water to a point where the water is about 2 feet deep. The[…]
Elitism
It seems to me that many intellectuals, however unconsciously, perceive some merit in reducing accessibility to ideas through equivocation. Ideas thus shielded are impervious to objections and rebuttals from fools who lack the nuance to offer useful criticism–or so the thinking, or the feeling, seems to go.