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The dictionary isn't supposed to tell you what words mean, it's supposed to tell you what people mean when they say them.
I'm leaning heavily on the Gricean Maxims and the Cooperative Principle when I say this, but I'm also biting my tongue.
I don't think ignorance should be glorified, but neither should asshole-ish nitpicking. So there are two sides.
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There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there
it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your
expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever
gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio
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