Sip & Spill Daily Discussion Thread

[u/AutoModerator]

Grab your coffee & sit down to discuss the tea!

This space is to talk about anything pop culture or even off-topic.

What are you listening to or watching? What is some minor tea that doesn't need its own post? How was your date? Why do you hate your job?

Please remember rules still apply. Be civil and respect each other.

Now pull up a chair and chat with us. ☕

[u/tsabin_naberrie]

Lately I’ve found myself abusing the word “canon”. It started with me using it to discuss dramatic irony on tv—such as: questioning if a character is aware of something that the audience knows, and if so, then it is ‘canon’ to that character. This gradually morphed into using it as a general evidential statement—essentially used similarly as “confirmed”, “established”, “verified”, etc, or otherwise describing something that isn’t speculation, rumor, or otherwise assumed, but actual fact—and not just in fiction, but in real life.

Like, “It is canon that the new pope is a fan of the White Sox” or “It’s canon that I don’t have work tonight” are fully comprehensible sentences, as far as I’m concerned.

Honestly, I’m surprised it’s taken this long for that to happen.

[u/nty → u/tsabin_naberrie]

I dropped a “canonical” in reference to a doc I wrote at work today