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[–] [email protected] -3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (9 children)

I get what you meant, which is why I replied, I'm saying that that word means the opposite of what you intended.

To patronize someone is not a bad thing, the word means "to be someone's customer/patron" and through doing so, supporting and helping them. That's where patreons name comes from, for example.

In the phrase "don't patronize me" it's used sarcastically to say "I know you're trying to help, but please don't" but the word doesn't actually refer to someone who is going over your head to do things for you. It's actual meaning is 100% positive, and hence confuses what you're saying. Which is that blocking threads should be done by users because it should be their decision.

Instead, your final sentences literal meaning, paraphrased, is "a server-wide block would be really good and helpful for all my users".

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

It might be, but I've only ever seen it used in the condecending way. And it seems to be used like this for quite some time

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Can't argue with real-world use, but man that is a semantic shift that is doing the original word dirty.

Apparently patronage and other forms of the word are having their definitions affected, too.

I read a lot of books so I'm definitely a lot more used to how words are used up to several decades ago.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Welcome to humanity since the invention of language

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