Kyle L (bruxist)
@haikugoat.bsky.social
wannabe linguist+tutor • social meaning, semantics/pragmatics, philosophy, film, lit, animals, mental anguish • San Francisco boy —> Massachusetts man
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THE PROPHESY HAS BEEN FULFILLED
DAYENU
DAYENU
why is this mayoral election different than all other mayoral elections?
in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.
in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.
November 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
THE PROPHESY HAS BEEN FULFILLED
DAYENU
DAYENU
I suspect that someone I matched with on Hinge is using ChatGPT in their messages with me, but I'm not entirely sure. This is such a dealbreaker for me, but maybe I'm just being paranoid and this is simply someone with an ingratiating corporate prose.
I hate that I have to even think about this!!!
I hate that I have to even think about this!!!
November 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I suspect that someone I matched with on Hinge is using ChatGPT in their messages with me, but I'm not entirely sure. This is such a dealbreaker for me, but maybe I'm just being paranoid and this is simply someone with an ingratiating corporate prose.
I hate that I have to even think about this!!!
I hate that I have to even think about this!!!
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dressing up like a skeleton and whispering "memento mori" to all of your coworkers doesn't count as a death threat
October 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
dressing up like a skeleton and whispering "memento mori" to all of your coworkers doesn't count as a death threat
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CHOTINER: So you asked for a Birkin bag?
KOKO: Yes. Possession Bag.
CHOTINER: And you had the funds to acquire this?
KOKO: No, Professor Purchase Koko Gorilla
CHOTINER: That doesn't sound like the funds were justifiable.
KOKO: Hostility Interviewer
KOKO: Yes. Possession Bag.
CHOTINER: And you had the funds to acquire this?
KOKO: No, Professor Purchase Koko Gorilla
CHOTINER: That doesn't sound like the funds were justifiable.
KOKO: Hostility Interviewer
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
CHOTINER: So you asked for a Birkin bag?
KOKO: Yes. Possession Bag.
CHOTINER: And you had the funds to acquire this?
KOKO: No, Professor Purchase Koko Gorilla
CHOTINER: That doesn't sound like the funds were justifiable.
KOKO: Hostility Interviewer
KOKO: Yes. Possession Bag.
CHOTINER: And you had the funds to acquire this?
KOKO: No, Professor Purchase Koko Gorilla
CHOTINER: That doesn't sound like the funds were justifiable.
KOKO: Hostility Interviewer
Maybe I'm not plugged into the right literatures, but it seems like "the work of conversation" is substantially undertheorized in philosophy of language. Sustaining the flow of a mutually desired conversation takes cognitive/emotional labor, which can be distributed equitably—or not.
#philsky 🐦🐦
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I (half-jokingly) call this Hot Person's Aphasia (gender-neutral) cause it seems to especially afflict folks who are so used to being offered the world just for showing up that they don't seem to notice they're not participating equitably in the work of conversation.
October 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Maybe I'm not plugged into the right literatures, but it seems like "the work of conversation" is substantially undertheorized in philosophy of language. Sustaining the flow of a mutually desired conversation takes cognitive/emotional labor, which can be distributed equitably—or not.
#philsky 🐦🐦
#philsky 🐦🐦
There's a type of communication I've realized drives me up the wall, even though it's minimally Gricean: unequal division of conversational labor.
Imagine someone who cooperatively/amiably does "payoff" moves (answering questions) but rarely does "setup" moves (asking questions, raising topics)
Imagine someone who cooperatively/amiably does "payoff" moves (answering questions) but rarely does "setup" moves (asking questions, raising topics)
October 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
There's a type of communication I've realized drives me up the wall, even though it's minimally Gricean: unequal division of conversational labor.
Imagine someone who cooperatively/amiably does "payoff" moves (answering questions) but rarely does "setup" moves (asking questions, raising topics)
Imagine someone who cooperatively/amiably does "payoff" moves (answering questions) but rarely does "setup" moves (asking questions, raising topics)
I'm in Providence and I found a lil baby river?
October 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I'm in Providence and I found a lil baby river?
What does being a Good* Conversationalist mean to you?
*normatively, descriptively, politically, aesthetically, somatically, idegaf
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*normatively, descriptively, politically, aesthetically, somatically, idegaf
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October 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
What does being a Good* Conversationalist mean to you?
*normatively, descriptively, politically, aesthetically, somatically, idegaf
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*normatively, descriptively, politically, aesthetically, somatically, idegaf
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If you carouse at the table I say I will carouse at the opposite side of the table;
October 25, 2025 at 5:49 AM
If you carouse at the table I say I will carouse at the opposite side of the table;
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“no one cares that she wants you to eat cake, cake is actually good and its just words and theres real issues to worry about” this is you, this is what you sound like
October 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
“no one cares that she wants you to eat cake, cake is actually good and its just words and theres real issues to worry about” this is you, this is what you sound like
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from Yoko Hasegawa, 2014, 'Japanese: A Linguistic Introduction':
In striking contrast to its simple sound system, the Japanese language employs what is arguably the most convoluted writing system ever devised in human history. Sampson (1985: 173) declares:
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from Yoko Hasegawa, 2014, 'Japanese: A Linguistic Introduction':
In striking contrast to its simple sound system, the Japanese language employs what is arguably the most convoluted writing system ever devised in human history. Sampson (1985: 173) declares:
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October 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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from Yoko Hasegawa, 2014, 'Japanese: A Linguistic Introduction':
In striking contrast to its simple sound system, the Japanese language employs what is arguably the most convoluted writing system ever devised in human history. Sampson (1985: 173) declares:
1/3
from Yoko Hasegawa, 2014, 'Japanese: A Linguistic Introduction':
In striking contrast to its simple sound system, the Japanese language employs what is arguably the most convoluted writing system ever devised in human history. Sampson (1985: 173) declares:
1/3
Sometimes you gotta step back and gasp in awe at how fucking bonkers the Japanese writing system is.
They were really cookin' with that one. And what they cooked was scalding, spicy, decadent, and laughably heterogeneous. Like really good ramen.
They were really cookin' with that one. And what they cooked was scalding, spicy, decadent, and laughably heterogeneous. Like really good ramen.
This is v funny to me. Both the phrasing obviously, but also the situation itself. It's world-historically comical that Japanese writing epicycled its way into baroqueness to cope w/ fact that Chinese & Japanese are different languages.
From Yoko Hasegawa's 'Japanese: A Linguistic Introduction'.
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From Yoko Hasegawa's 'Japanese: A Linguistic Introduction'.
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![Screenshot of passage from 'Japanese: A Linguistic Introduction', with first sentence highlighted.
4 Writing system
In striking contrast to its simple sound system, the Japanese language employs what is arguably the most convoluted writing system ever devised in human history. Sampson (1985: 173) declares,
"One reason why Japanese script deserves its place in this [Sampson's] book is as an illustration of just how cumbersome a script can be and still serve in practice."
This notoriety is ultimately due to the fact that Japanese writing evolved from that of Chinese, a language with substantially different sound and word formation systems.
4.1 Writing Japanese with kanji
In the late fourth and early fifth centuries AD, Chinese script was introduced to Japan under the tutelage of Korean scholars.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:plvpmm2mtzf7v45azmgia5ha/bafkreia6meuukzqcocjhinkt4uczermpxe6ggssywjyig7uyns2s7bjdqa@jpeg)
October 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Sometimes you gotta step back and gasp in awe at how fucking bonkers the Japanese writing system is.
They were really cookin' with that one. And what they cooked was scalding, spicy, decadent, and laughably heterogeneous. Like really good ramen.
They were really cookin' with that one. And what they cooked was scalding, spicy, decadent, and laughably heterogeneous. Like really good ramen.
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2 novelistic theories of consciousness & identity:
ORBITAL:
"In space, no one can hear you Be Japanese"
NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT THIS:
"In the NICU, no one can hear you Poast"
ORBITAL:
"In space, no one can hear you Be Japanese"
NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT THIS:
"In the NICU, no one can hear you Poast"
May 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
2 novelistic theories of consciousness & identity:
ORBITAL:
"In space, no one can hear you Be Japanese"
NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT THIS:
"In the NICU, no one can hear you Poast"
ORBITAL:
"In space, no one can hear you Be Japanese"
NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT THIS:
"In the NICU, no one can hear you Poast"
Does anyone have access to Annual Review of Linguistics + the nobleness of spirit to get me a PDF of this?!?! Thank you for your attention to this matter.
#philsky 🐦🐦
#philsky 🐦🐦
Social Meaning
In this review, I describe two research programs in the study of social meaning, both of which feature prominently in current-day sociolinguistics. The first one—social meaning as reasoning—seeks to u...
www.annualreviews.org
October 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Does anyone have access to Annual Review of Linguistics + the nobleness of spirit to get me a PDF of this?!?! Thank you for your attention to this matter.
#philsky 🐦🐦
#philsky 🐦🐦
Revisiting the classics in order to cure depression
OK this just reminds of the best song of all time, the @jamellebouie.net -inspired JD Vance "Pigman" banger
Jamelle Bouie calls JD Vance a little pigman (remix)
YouTube video by Brett Land
youtube.com
October 22, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Revisiting the classics in order to cure depression
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RIP
RIP
was really looking forward to a new D’Angelo album coming out in 10-15 years
October 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
😭😭😭
RIP
RIP
Angel hair disgusts me
a second day of the same discourse? no. no thank you.
instead I need you to name your least favorite pasta shape
instead I need you to name your least favorite pasta shape
October 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Angel hair disgusts me
Goddamn. I tried this but it backfired big time. Taking inspiration from George Constanza's "do the opposite" stratagem, my updated resolution is:
To ¬φ at t
To ¬φ at t
My new year's resolution? To φ at t
October 22, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Goddamn. I tried this but it backfired big time. Taking inspiration from George Constanza's "do the opposite" stratagem, my updated resolution is:
To ¬φ at t
To ¬φ at t
I have bad news about the good half of this resolution
Updated New Year's resolution:
Feral With Discernment
Feral With Discernment
This is my New Year's Resolution.
October 22, 2025 at 7:30 AM
I have bad news about the good half of this resolution
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My current theory is poems cause crime
October 22, 2025 at 6:06 AM
My current theory is poems cause crime
For maybe the 1st time in my life, I'm in the odd position of being friends w/ someone v smart but rather conversationally/emotionally reserved. Not rude—just not super talkative & doesn't wear her heart on her sleeve. (I also have a big unrequited crush on her, which is a whole other can of worms.)
October 22, 2025 at 6:35 AM
For maybe the 1st time in my life, I'm in the odd position of being friends w/ someone v smart but rather conversationally/emotionally reserved. Not rude—just not super talkative & doesn't wear her heart on her sleeve. (I also have a big unrequited crush on her, which is a whole other can of worms.)
Yo does anyone have any theories on why *hygiene* specifically is so aversive to depressed people???
Part of it is my OCD for sure (makes hygiene routines laborious & scary in general) but it's also a common refrain from depressed people without OCD.
Part of it is my OCD for sure (makes hygiene routines laborious & scary in general) but it's also a common refrain from depressed people without OCD.
October 22, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Yo does anyone have any theories on why *hygiene* specifically is so aversive to depressed people???
Part of it is my OCD for sure (makes hygiene routines laborious & scary in general) but it's also a common refrain from depressed people without OCD.
Part of it is my OCD for sure (makes hygiene routines laborious & scary in general) but it's also a common refrain from depressed people without OCD.
Sorry to be prescriptivist on main, but I really hate the recent prevalence of "yap".
As I see it, "yap" is a mixed expressive with at-issue content="talk" & not-at-issue content="conversation is little more than logorrhea or bleating". I guess it's a diminutive of sorts. Or maybe a slur. Booo.
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As I see it, "yap" is a mixed expressive with at-issue content="talk" & not-at-issue content="conversation is little more than logorrhea or bleating". I guess it's a diminutive of sorts. Or maybe a slur. Booo.
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October 22, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Sorry to be prescriptivist on main, but I really hate the recent prevalence of "yap".
As I see it, "yap" is a mixed expressive with at-issue content="talk" & not-at-issue content="conversation is little more than logorrhea or bleating". I guess it's a diminutive of sorts. Or maybe a slur. Booo.
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As I see it, "yap" is a mixed expressive with at-issue content="talk" & not-at-issue content="conversation is little more than logorrhea or bleating". I guess it's a diminutive of sorts. Or maybe a slur. Booo.
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