Let's just say I consider it more than a drag.
I always want to know what people mean when they say something, and I want specifics.
In other new words, LOL.
This new language that has supplanted the old language (where the meaning of words was the language) is a language using words exclusively for tonality; i.e. using former adjectives such as "awesome" and "amazing" as tonal communion builders.
It is a language, not of word substance, but of indication and tone.
It should come as no surprise, then, that the word, "like," is fundamental to this language.
"Like" is the ultimate utterance of indication; softening, even erasing, the tone and significance of what is said before or after.
If something is "like" something, it is not the thing itself.
Has it become fraught and frightening to commit to a thought, feeling, or opinion?
If meaning and definition are eroded in language, what happens to meaning and definition in life?
We live in a new world of communication where words are not at all about meaning, but are used to communicate sounds and tones which are phonetically repeated in a robotic way to promote the aroma and fiction of belonging and being okay.
Perhaps there should be "no problem" with this.
Language has always been manipulated by its users for personal and political promotion.
Rather than judging the new language that has replaced the old, last night's incident with "amazing" is my first light bulb moment.
I finally understand that I am speaking a different language.
Mine is the old language, the art and love of words deliberately sought and chosen in the quest for deeper connection and sharper communication.
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