• someguy3@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Not really. Sorry but you’re playing pedantic with the terms. People say inflation to mean high prices.

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      2 months ago

      It’s not pedantic. People just literally don’t understand what inflation means. Wage growth, apparently, has caught up to inflation, so it’s really just that people haven’t adjusted their mindset to the higher prices now. And they’re angry about it.

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        2 months ago

        Weird. It’s almost like colloquiality is a thing. Words weren’t written down thousands of years ago to remain unchanged through usage. Or you could choose to be an inflexible pedant in a changing world…?

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          2 months ago

          I assumed I could have a discussion on Lemmy about the very clear difference between two words without getting attacked for it, but I guess not.

          I also don’t agree that the word inflation has colloquially changed meaning, I think people just are not aware that inflation is normal now. They look at the current prices due to the period of previous inflation and are angry about it.

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            1 month ago

            You’re entitled to your opinion. But just repeating “inflation means something different” in various ways and doubling down on being offended that others don’t agree with you is not “discussion”. Wish you the best, we need you…

      • someguy3@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        It’s not pedantic. People just literally don’t understand what inflation means

        In almost everything there is the scientific or technical definition of the term, and then there is common parlance. People will never know the technical terms, just accept that because all you’re accomplishing is being pedantic.

        • rigatti@lemmy.world
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          2 months ago

          How basic of terms should we give up on? Inflation is not a difficult concept. I would barely call it a technical term.

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            2 months ago

            Let me know if you stop people from using the word theory incorrectly. That’s only been going on for centuries, surely we’ll educate everyone any day!