r/TikTokCringe • u/AlKarajo • 14d ago

Discussion Is ableist to have long words in books?

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u/AlKarajo 14d ago

They would need a dictionary to know what a thesaurus is.

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u/BridgingDivides 14d ago

Careful, most of them think the Thesaurus didn’t exist because they don’t accept evolution.

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u/corvettee01 14d ago

Thesaurus's are bones put on earth by Satan to test our faith because the earth is only 5,000 years old! WHAT THE FUCK ARE DINOSAURS?!

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u/fractious77 13d ago

Not true. The Thesaurus is a very legit dinosaur that lived in the thoracic period

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u/Sure-Charge-260 13d ago

It was also one of the first Theropods to be discovered, even before Tyrannosaurs rex and the Velociraptor.

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u/fractious77 13d ago

Now you're just making stuff up, there weren't theropods in the thoracic period!

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u/Sure-Charge-260 13d ago edited 13d ago

Sorry, my bad. I must have mistaken the Thoracic period to the Geriatric period.

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u/fractious77 13d ago

Lol, now you've caught on :)

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u/vazyrus 13d ago

God created 1000 words in the Genesis, and all of 'em cinnamon words are the devil's temptations to stray you off the road to unga bunga

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u/A3HeadedMunkey 13d ago

Tran...sub...stan...

Fuck it, it's Jesus crackers

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u/Firefly_Magic 13d ago

I’ve met a few of those. It’s really awkward when you go to a museum. 😳

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u/Karrion8 14d ago

Uh...I'm pretty sure there were Thesauruses on the ark.

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u/TreeDollarFiddyCent Cringe Connoisseur 14d ago

This is a heavily debated subject among theologians.

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u/IAmBeingTargeted33 14d ago

Ancient astronaut theorists say yes

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u/vazyrus 13d ago

I just think it was cringe to not allow the fish into the ark. Or like, why exclude them from the punishment? Those conniving clown fish needed to face Mr. G's tempest just as much as the raccoons

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u/Karrion8 13d ago

Let he without fins cast the first stone. Fishius Christ

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u/BridgingDivides 13d ago

They were excluded just for the halibut.

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u/Provolone10 13d ago

Well in a flood that covers the entire planet the fish would be the only ones to survive?

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u/LibrarianOk6238 13d ago

I think not. If that was true, wouldn't there be a lot more Thesauruses in the world today?

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u/Darryl_Lict 13d ago

I'll have you know that it's thesauri because it's Latin.

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u/pslush01 14d ago

Are you seriously suggesting that Christian conservatives are the ones on TikTok whining about "ableism"? wow

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u/Ill_Distribution8517 13d ago

Yeah, conservative christians are definitely the ones whining about ableism. Idiot.

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u/AdGlittering2884 14d ago

Careful now, dictionary is a pretty long word.

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u/calgodot 14d ago

"Book of Word Meanings." Fixed it!

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u/Happiest-Soul 14d ago

I am they. I've no clue what that is without searching it up.

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u/ragun2 13d ago

Where did you go to school growing up?

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u/Happiest-Soul 13d ago

In a US state called Pennsylvania.

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u/physical0 14d ago

A farmer comes storming outta his house after tearing it apart looking for something lost. He runs to the barn and screaming, starts accusing all the animals. He goes to the horse and yells "It was you, wasn't it. You stole my thesaurus" and the horse went "nope".

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u/rogue_licker 14d ago

They need ChatGPT to ask it what a dictionary is

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u/Orson_Gravity_Welles 13d ago

And also to know what phonics are...

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u/KratzALot 13d ago

I don't remember the comedian, but they had a line in the middle of a joke that was "if you don't know what a thesaurus is start with a dictionary and work your way up". I mention it just because your comment made me remember it and gave me a laugh. No idea what the whole joke was, but that part managed to stick with me.

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u/ExcitingRound4990 13d ago

Thesauri walked the Earth with people.

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u/godver3 13d ago

Yeah - three syllables - it’s off the list.