language
Babelification is the process by which, after splintering, insular digital groups develop unique languages which makes reintegration in shared digital spaces difficult, if not impossible. When someone believes their insular language in online echo chambers is commonplace reality, clashes ensue when that same individual is placed in a context where... See more
i wish more people knew psychological impact of using the word “but” -
it can negate all that came before it in the listener’s ears. often acting as an unintentional dismissal
nibras ꩜ i love نبراس ◡̈x.comThe people who get to impose their metaphors on the culture get to define what we consider to be true.
~Lakoff & Johnson
Sometimes you want to say things, and you’re missing an idea to make them with, and missing a word to make the idea with. In the beginning was the word. That’s how somebody tried to explain it once. Until something is named, it doesn’t exist.
The power of qualitative research is its magical ability to generate description. Where quantitative measures, qualitative describes the qualities of the human experience

