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Allure
Oct 28 04:17
I need it to be a place =/
Allure
Oct 28 04:12
Yes, I'll think about it
Allure
Oct 28 04:11
@alphabet Yes to both
Allure
Oct 28 04:10
How bad it can be is intentionally left vague
Allure
Oct 28 04:08
@alphabet I'd write an answer and say "yes"
Allure
Oct 28 04:07
@Cerberus Yeah, this was the intention. You get sent there for punishment
Allure
Oct 28 04:03
Ok, I'll have a think
Allure
Oct 28 04:02
@Cerberus Well you know the place is foreboding, but you don't know why. Like, you know you don't want to go there, but you don't know (e.g.) that you'll be eaten by monkeys there (which is a highly specific bad thing that happens there)
Allure
Oct 28 04:01
My first reaction to that word is that "doghouse must have dogs" xD
Allure
Oct 28 04:00
Considering my use case I think "place" is OK
Allure
Oct 28 03:59
Yeah, ideally it's a noun
Allure
Oct 28 03:59
"You'll be sent to the [mystery place]"
Allure
Oct 28 03:59
Hmm, can you think of a more appropriate phrasing then? (Or I can just ask it on the main site)
Allure
Oct 28 03:57
Well if you visit a friend who's trying to teach their child, and you hear that sentence - presumably you wouldn't think the maze is an actual physical maze, but rather some kind of punishment
Allure
Oct 28 03:55
You can read it metaphorically though, in which case "maze" is just a place where you need to figure your way out. That compares to words like "cage" (where you are clearly trapped)
Allure
Oct 28 03:50
I've got a question that I'm not sure if I should ask on the main site, since it's quite vague. I'm looking for a single word that is vaguely menacing in an unspecified way. It should convey a sense of foreboding, but not detail exactly why it is foreboding. An example sentence is, "If you don't pass that exam, you'll have to go to the [mystery word]". Currently my best candidate for the mystery word is 'maze'.

Is this worth asking on the main site?
 

 Discussion on answer by Buffy: How ca…

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Allure
Oct 22 14:02
I'm not particularly interested in money but I am extremely interested in having enough money to provide housing and food for myself and my family. There's a big difference between trying to maximise the amount of money you're earning and wanting to be paid enough to avoid poverty. It's hard to practice music if you can't afford heating. Agree nearly completely
Allure
Oct 22 14:01
There's a minimum amount of money you can't go below. If you can't find a job, then you earn $0, so absent extraordinary circumstances (e.g. partner/relative that provides for you), it will not work out.
Allure
Oct 22 14:00
@Buffy I'd be surprised if there's a shortage of choreographers. Much more likely there just isn't enough work/money for more choreographers.
Allure
Oct 21 18:55
@Buffy I didn't till you pointed it out, but still: there are 300 choreographers in the US. It's just not a realistic job to aim for, it's even more competitive than professor. "President" is one of the best-paying jobs in the US, it pays 2x as much as the next-highest job on that list, but would you say aiming to make a career out of being president is a good idea?
Allure
Oct 21 18:55
@Buffy yes, but the question is can you find a position that pays enough to put food on the table if you choose this profession, and not which jobs pay the most.
Allure
Oct 21 18:55
@Buffy I recommend what puts food on the table. Doing what you love is well and good, until you run out of money.
Allure
Oct 21 18:55
It's probable that music is even tougher as a career choice than academia - according to a quick search, there are only 9276 professional musicians in the US (zippia.com/professional-musician-jobs/demographics). Even if filtered by discipline, the number of academics should be > that. Picking music, even if highly passionate, might be a dangerous career choice too.
 

 Discussion on answer by Allure: Why d…

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Allure
Sep 28 01:55
Ok, let's remove the comparison to ideal gases (although that is how I remember the relation between the scale factor and the temperature of the universe).
 

 Discussion between haxor789 and Allure

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Allure
Sep 18 13:58
I'm not responding further - it's becoming a waste of my time. See you around.
Allure
Sep 18 13:58
I have no objections to it. But you, of course, with your preconceived notions, will object
Allure
Sep 18 13:58
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika

The swastika (卐 or 卍) is an ancient religious and cultural symbol, predominantly found in various Eurasian cultures, as well as some African and American ones
Allure
Sep 18 13:57
It's only not neutral to people who want to believe it's not neutral
Allure
Sep 18 13:49
What I really don't understand is how you continue to think escalate carries negative connotations even after I've told you I'm not using it as though it carries negative connotations. It seems like you think you understand what I'm trying to say better than I do
Allure
Sep 18 13:49
Hence the word "revolution" does not carry positive or negative connotations either
Allure
Sep 18 13:31
The problem is rather that you are unaware or ignorant of context. No, the problem is you attach positive and negative connotations that fit your political views
Allure
Sep 18 13:30
I predict there's a 99.99% chance you'll answer "no" and seek to redefine "aggression"
Allure
Sep 18 13:30
So, Apple might aggressively price the iPad to outcompete Android tablets. That's clearly hostile behavior towards Android tablets, yes? So Apple is the aggressor, yes?
Allure
Sep 18 13:29
@haxor789 Ok, so here's an example

https://www.aol.com/2013-08-12-will-apple-pay-for-amazons-and-microsofts-price-cu.html

Are iPad price cuts coming? Will next month's reported iPhone event also serve as a platform to aggressively price the tablet that defined the market before succumbing to the Android invasion?
Allure
Sep 18 12:55
To prove the point I ask you to first define aggression
Allure
Sep 18 12:51
@haxor789 I bet I can make you think "aggressor" doesn't have negative connotations. Or at least try to redefine aggression away from the dictionary definition
Allure
Sep 18 12:21
@haxor789 I don't consider the word "aggressor" to have negative connotations either. Maybe you do.
Allure
Sep 18 11:43
~~ Don't blame me.
Allure
Sep 18 11:43
the vast majority of people consider escalate to be neutral
Allure
Sep 18 11:43
However, the vast majority of people consider escalate to be neutral, as it simply describes a change over a period of time.
Allure
Sep 18 11:43
Escalate can have both positive and negative connotations depending on the context. For example, if someone is facing a daily challenge, they may see the word "escalate" as a positive, as it suggests that the situation is improving. However, if someone is in the middle of a real-time crisis, escalate may have negative connotations, as it suggests that the situation is worsening.
Allure
Sep 18 11:43
This is especially funny
Allure
Sep 18 11:43
ayanza.com/dictionary/escalate
Allure
Sep 18 11:39
politics.stackexchange.com/questions/88784/… Here's another example. "California" has neither positive nor negative connotations. But some people will see the word and react the way you do.
Allure
Sep 18 11:38
That they might have certain biases towards reading certain words one way, even though that meaning is not in the dictionary
Allure
Sep 18 11:35
@haxor789 I suppose I expect people to be open-minded enough to realize that they might be reading something that's not there
Allure
Sep 18 11:12
I don't think there's anything more to say
Allure
Sep 18 11:12
When you say things like "Peace is always desirable", you're displaying the exact kind of close-mindedness that I've tried to point out
Allure
Sep 18 11:11
@haxor789 "loaded language" that attributes responsibility in rather weird ways? Really? The dictionary doesn't say anything about a particular word being loaded. YOU are the person ascribing meaning to it, even though it's not there
Allure
Sep 18 04:02
A book I once read put it this way: if you conceive yourself as a man of peace, you may have to drop the idea that you are a man who never goes to war. This might sound crazy to the young, but as one grows older, it ceases to be contradictory