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"Task Pooper" could revolutionize GNOME desktop (ars technica)"Task Pooper" could revolutionize GNOME desktop (ars technica)Posted Mar 1, 2010 16:02 UTC (Mon) by nye (guest, #51576)In reply to: "Task Pooper" could revolutionize GNOME desktop (ars technica) by dskoll Parent article: "Task Pooper" could revolutionize GNOME desktop (ars technica)
'pooper simply indicates stupidity and a small vocabulary'
I've never understood why people frequently make the claim that the use of a particular word indicates a small vocabulary. It just seems to be a catastrophic failure in logic - and ironic since those people have a tendency to artificially limit their own vocabulary by blacklisting the words they're talking about.
Not that there's anything *wrong* with choosing not to use certain words or phrases; it's just incongruous.
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"Task Pooper" could revolutionize GNOME desktop (ars technica) Posted Mar 1, 2010 18:37 UTC (Mon) by foom (subscriber, #14868) [Link]
Consider, perhaps, the word "thing".
Do you not find it indicative of a small vocabulary for one to use "thing" to describe an object, when
"Task Pooper" could revolutionize GNOME desktop (ars technica) Posted Mar 2, 2010 12:41 UTC (Tue) by nye (guest, #51576) [Link]
Hmm. You mean the use of a completely generic word when a more specific one might have been more useful. In this context that analogy does seem to work, so fair enough I suppose.
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