• Empricorn@feddit.nl
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      “Associated with”? That’s definitely incorrect. Maybe"referencing", “calling out” or even “denouncing”…

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        Associate: a mental connection between ideas or things.

        “the word bureaucracy has unpleasant associations”

        the action of making a mental connection.

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          Associate: to join as a partner, friend, or companion; They were closely associated with each other during the war.

          See? I can paste definitions too! I was merely pointing out that that specific word choice could lead the reader to infer collaboration or partnership. The comic is clearly not endorsing that worldview…

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              And the comment is clearly didn’t mean that definition

              Yep, definitely dealing with a rational, intelligent human here. No need to engage…

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            I don’t know what to tell you mate. You came off to me as if trying to tell me I didn’t use the word “associate” correctly, and I was trying to show you that I, in fact, did. I got nothing else for ya.