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CynAq, to actuallyautistic
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Seriously tho, this is a pet peeve of mine.

Lots of software industry people use the term or to refer to pieces of software, programming languages, frameworks or libraries for those languages, communication protocols etc.

To me, it sounds like this:

I'm a line cook and my favorite technologies are Viking 12" pan and Shun 8" Nakiri.

Oh, I'm a writer and my go to technology is English.A close second is The Oxford English Dictionary!

I don't know. Specific products don't fit the definition of technology for me.

In my head, technology is a set of broad categories. Programming languages or the concept of network protocols are technologies, specific products under these labels, aren't.

Are there any people who feel like this? Because I'm quite sure this pet peeve is a direct result of the way my brain works.

@actuallyautistic

xarvos,
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@CynAq @actuallyautistic it also irks me when people simply use “technology” when they mean “information technology” (or more specifically, software technology). like, there’s also biotechnology, food technology, energy technology among others, y’know?

DrLinguo, to linguisticsmemes German
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I asked people which one was their favourite vowel phoneme (from the list of 5 basic vowel phonemes). The ranking was: a > e > i > o > u. Do with that information what you want 💁‍♂️
@linguistics @linguisticsmemes

xarvos,
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@DrLinguo @linguistics @linguisticsmemes where is my beloved /y/ :apensive:

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