jesus loves you you shall be saved;

[rocknload]

I really hate to do this, but...

Y'ALL AREN'T STRIKING. THAT'S NOT WHAT A STRIKE IS.

yamiaudra's coming over later! I think I'm in the mood for some DMC1~, which I'm realizing is the only one of those games I ever just pick up and play 'cause I'm bored. If I need a DMC3 or 4 fix I just watch the cutscenes.

I wonder if I can go the whole day without watching that freakin' movie again.

Edit: I've used about fifty minutes of the three hundred I started with... That's... I think I can keep it down to ten bucks a week? Which is not saving a terrible lot of money.

Comments

[vivi]

Language is a living thing. The term "strike" was probably used because it resonates immediately with everyone, and communicates the concepts, and motivations, more effectively and quickly than any other term that came to mind for the initial poster (beckyzoole). I don't really see a problem with it being used inaccurately in this case, because the actions being taken are still, at principle, the same.

And the entire idea behind the strike is to not piss LJ off, which is why it's a refrain from doing something and not a provoking action such as spam. It's just to make a statement to LJ, which yeah, is pretty pretentious, but I figure, what the hell can it hurt? I can live without LJ for 24 hours. XD I'll get over it. Not a big deal. I generally think getting hyped up over anything is crazy, so. /o/

[rocknload.livejournal.com]

And it's exactly for that reason that calling it a strike bothers me. Using the term to bring to mind the connotations of a strike when you're not, in fact, striking just seems wrong to me. LJ users are not workers with no other recourse fighting against unfair treatment by their employers--something I regard as a somewhat serious matter. They're consumers protesting a business decision. A relatively minor one.

Basically, it's cheapening the term, I think, and that bothers me. Don't call what you're doing something it's not because it sounds more dramatic.

[shati.livejournal.com]

Seriously! I'm not big on linguistic prescriptivism, but just not posting to your online journal for a day because a company was mean to you is nothing like facing police violence and/or the loss of your job because you're trying to get a living wage.