This is prescriptive, not descriptive.
June 25, 2025 at 2:58 AM
This is prescriptive, not descriptive.
In a prescriptive sense, it means that we should never pivot away from woke
February 4, 2026 at 2:40 AM
In a prescriptive sense, it means that we should never pivot away from woke
there's a difference between prescriptive analysis and descriptive analysis
July 2, 2025 at 3:04 AM
there's a difference between prescriptive analysis and descriptive analysis
Yes. There is no trolley problem. It is a thought experiment. It isn't prescriptive.
Increasingly of the opinion that the correct answer to the Trolley Problem is "fuck you, why are you so fixated on finding reasons to justify killing people?"
March 11, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Yes. There is no trolley problem. It is a thought experiment. It isn't prescriptive.
A dictionary can be categorized in one of two ways.
-descriptive dictionary
-prescriptive dictionary
Merriam-Webster is a descriptive dictionary.
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-descriptive dictionary
-prescriptive dictionary
Merriam-Webster is a descriptive dictionary.
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April 24, 2026 at 6:03 PM
A dictionary can be categorized in one of two ways.
-descriptive dictionary
-prescriptive dictionary
Merriam-Webster is a descriptive dictionary.
🧵⬇️
-descriptive dictionary
-prescriptive dictionary
Merriam-Webster is a descriptive dictionary.
🧵⬇️
we are breaking new ground in people's inability to discern between descriptive and prescriptive statements
There’s a very surreal conversation I keep having on here where people seem unable to hold two ideas at the same time, and I’m not sure why. It’s simply true that the Big AI platforms like ChatGPT are:
1. Extremely bad for society, in many ways.
2. Very genuinely popular with lots of people.
1. Extremely bad for society, in many ways.
2. Very genuinely popular with lots of people.
November 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
we are breaking new ground in people's inability to discern between descriptive and prescriptive statements
September 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM
finally a third position beyond descriptive or prescriptive: combative linguistics
June 5, 2026 at 6:57 PM
finally a third position beyond descriptive or prescriptive: combative linguistics
dictionaries are descriptive, not prescriptive
December 28, 2024 at 9:15 PM
dictionaries are descriptive, not prescriptive
i am talking about my personal experience of the world cup. this post was not prescriptive. continue celebrating and watching however feels good for you. jesus christ.
July 6, 2026 at 3:27 PM
i am talking about my personal experience of the world cup. this post was not prescriptive. continue celebrating and watching however feels good for you. jesus christ.
I'm not being critical here and I'm not being prescriptive.
Just.
Ruminating.
Just.
Ruminating.
January 12, 2026 at 5:10 AM
I'm not being critical here and I'm not being prescriptive.
Just.
Ruminating.
Just.
Ruminating.
One issue I will be prescriptive about: the dictionary says so, so it's true
die-hard | adjective | strongly or fanatically determined or devoted
Die Hard | noun | a Christmas movie
Die Hard | noun | a Christmas movie
December 8, 2025 at 11:08 AM
One issue I will be prescriptive about: the dictionary says so, so it's true
It’s a facile point but “gender ideology” is such a capacious and imprecise term—never actually defined, so it can mean anything. And it’s used almost exclusively by people advancing their own, highly specific and prescriptive ideology of gender.
February 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
It’s a facile point but “gender ideology” is such a capacious and imprecise term—never actually defined, so it can mean anything. And it’s used almost exclusively by people advancing their own, highly specific and prescriptive ideology of gender.
Once again I am asking where are all these didactic, prescriptive, joyless angry lesbian feminists and do they want to hang out
July 31, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Once again I am asking where are all these didactic, prescriptive, joyless angry lesbian feminists and do they want to hang out
Because dictionaries are descriptive, not prescriptive.
July 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Because dictionaries are descriptive, not prescriptive.
Beyond my feelings about the obvious bullshit prescriptive essentialism, trans, nonbinary, and intersex kids exist
September 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Beyond my feelings about the obvious bullshit prescriptive essentialism, trans, nonbinary, and intersex kids exist
Dictionaries are descriptive, not prescriptive.
What's something that experts/practitioners in your field universally agree upon, but that remains a "hot take" among the general public?
March 29, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Dictionaries are descriptive, not prescriptive.
Biology, famously a very clear cut and unambiguous field which is definitely well suited as a basis for prescriptive models with systemic consequences
April 16, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Biology, famously a very clear cut and unambiguous field which is definitely well suited as a basis for prescriptive models with systemic consequences
Total commitment to women’s freedom from prescriptive roles around motherhood, childrearing, and sexuality is a prerequisite for any non-fascist politics.
March 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Total commitment to women’s freedom from prescriptive roles around motherhood, childrearing, and sexuality is a prerequisite for any non-fascist politics.
when you look at,e.g., flat earth, there’s really no prescriptive element. there’s no policy platform that flows from it. the point is the cover-up itself.
July 31, 2026 at 5:25 PM
when you look at,e.g., flat earth, there’s really no prescriptive element. there’s no policy platform that flows from it. the point is the cover-up itself.
I would like the child sacrificed to stop, either by we stop doing them, or we acquire an orb with some kind of enchantment, I don't want to be too prescriptive about it, but an orb or other artifact with magical properties that causes them to stop.
September 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I would like the child sacrificed to stop, either by we stop doing them, or we acquire an orb with some kind of enchantment, I don't want to be too prescriptive about it, but an orb or other artifact with magical properties that causes them to stop.
@draite.bsky.social constantly makes me question my belief that there is no such thing as prescriptive luck
December 21, 2025 at 12:50 AM
@draite.bsky.social constantly makes me question my belief that there is no such thing as prescriptive luck