mx alex tax1a - 2020 (6)oh, you asked an LLM? well we posted an offhand question on mastodon and an autistic cat-type entity infodumped to us about it
mx alex tax1a - 2020 (6)and we both know which one is more trustworthy here
Irenes (many)@atax1a@infosec.exchange damn right we do
Irenes (many)@atax1a@infosec.exchange wait, sorry, we're attempting to de-Christianize our language
fuck yeah we do
Nelson@ireneista@adhd.irenes.space @atax1a@infosec.exchange Now I'm curious, does de-Christianizing your language have other implications beyond curses? Nothing immediately comes to my mind, but I know US culture is steeped in Christianity.
Irenes (many)@skyfaller@jawns.club @atax1a@infosec.exchange since we weren't raised in it, curses are most of it, but we also try to notice when we're using heaven or hell in our metaphors and do, uh, anything else
Irenes (many)@skyfaller@jawns.club @atax1a@infosec.exchange and original sin is a really big one that comes up in a lot of contexts and has profoundly awful social effects when taken seriously. a lot of common metaphors are drawing on that and we have been working on avoiding that, as well
mx alex tax1a - 2020 (6)@ireneista@adhd.irenes.space @skyfaller@jawns.club the notion that suffering is both noble and also a form of punishment