[MD] Waving goodbye to particles

[david buchanan]

John said to dmb: 
Right.  These important issues should be left to the experts. Who is the expert on the dollar?  Who does determine what a buck is worth, anyway?    I dunno.  


dmb says:
Nobody gets to determine the value of a dollar. That's the point. Like the meaning of words, the value of currency is determined by everybody in a collective process. That's what it means to be a form of currency. The scope of their context and sheer number of influential factors is such that single person could ever hope to control the thing. 


John said:
...you see, even simple and clear messages such as you sent right there, need some generous construing, if we're gonna have communication.  A "nord wazi" dave? I mean, you do have speel chek, doncha? 


dmb says:
I thought it was pretty obvious, but I'll explain that "nord wazi" is just "word nazi" with the first letters switched around. I mixed them up because that's the kind of playful thing a word nazi would never allow. So, yea, I have a spell checker. But if I didn't I could just get one. Unfortunately, there is no software you can download to get a sense of humor. If you don't have one of those, I really couldn't tell you how or where to get one.

Anyway, have you ever noticed the similarity between the terms "community" and "communicate"? Or how about the relationship between "common" and "communal" and "communication"? I think my point is already obvious to you by now. Clearly, I'm saying that dictionaries are part of a communist plot to destroy your freedom of speech.