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  • One more case of "etymology is definition". A lipophobic substance doesn't fear fat, it is repulsed.

    "Phobia" describing bigotry is not the "phobia" in things like arachnophobia.

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  • I had a friend who believed in that. She tried to explain to my then GF how her having a symmetrical face means she's definitely a Libra.

    Now, I loved her to bits but my ex-partner did not have a symmetrical face. Few people have. But apparently the way stars aligned on her birthday meant she must have one, so that friend insisted on it.

    This isn't reason or just a different jargon. This is woo-woo. Sitting down everyday, trying to manifest a leading role in a famous TV show but doing nothing else to get this because "manifestation will do its thing" isn't jargon.

    That friend was someone I got along with. Because she did not try to convince me that vaccines are evil and instead I should just do a spirit cleanse. Like others tried to. This "jargon" is accompanied by fundamentally different ideas about how and why things happen and can lead to anti-scientism.

    Lastly, yes, I consider sound healing bogus. The idea that frequencies alone can heal serious injuries is dumb. The difference between acknowledging that vibrations picked up by the brain can assist in a healing process and the idea that this can somehow replace any other treatment is fundamentally unreasonable.

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  • No problem dude, I am the exact opposite and believe me, it definitely sucks xD I can write on a B2 university Level, but talking in Spanish? Nah, I am shitting myself the moment someone deviates from the exact conversation plan I laid out in advance.

    And as long as you know the difference in pronunciation, the squiggles really don't matter.