• DaddleDew@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Or you know, from the old (and current) French “Parent”, which itself came from the Latin “Parentem”. But I guess making a quick search isn’t as fun as making shit up.

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      That’s probably the most sane part about It.

      I think they are saying that those Words where chosen specifically because they can subconsciously affect the words users perceptions.

      Not magic nor a conspiracy but there is psychological truth that different words with identical meaning can effect us differently.

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        1 year ago

        No, they mean literal magic. I started reading the book, and they’re talking about “Dark Magicians” on the first page.

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          For the simple minded its understandable how anyone with psychological knowledge could be confused with magicians.

          Just look at fortune tellers and the likes.

          Its a perversion of the truth that any sufficiently advanced enough science can only be interpreted as magic. For some, common knowledge seems sufficient enough.

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            1 year ago

            Sovcits are true believers in the magic. Anyone smart enough to do as you are suggesting is stealing from the true believers.

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      It’s appropriate since they believe that words are magic and as long as they say the right words, the “spell” will be cast and they will become immune to laws.

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    Fake etymology conspiracy theories (aka “word magic”) are one of my biggest pet peeves.

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      1 year ago

      Same people who think that a winamp visualization is actually “seeing the music”.