Post #3751762
2026-07-08 19:47 UTC
@xgranade@wandering.shop I think it's also helpful to keep in mind that this is not *entirely* a retcon. The term was definitely coined with an eye towards being pejorative about quality. They're not exactly "redefining" it, they're just… pushing on the definition, instrumentalizing its vagueness
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@glyph@mastodon.social 2026-07-08 19:48
@xgranade@wandering.shop So this is pushing back against that instrumentalism, not arbitrary prescriptivism. This isn't the "real" definition, it's the *good* definition
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@xgranade@wandering.shop 2026-07-08 19:48
@glyph@mastodon.social That's fair, yeah, and "friendslop" as a term disconnected from AI discourse serves as evidence to such. Perhaps, then, we're engaged in a little bit of prescriptivism, as a treat.