• subignition@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    ‘“vision board” outlaws’ is pretty unambiguously saying the board is doing the outlawing.
    They didn’t say “wants to outlaw” or “would outlaw”

    • Fal@yiffit.net
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      1 year ago

      Maybe you just don’t know what a vision board is?

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        1 year ago

        You’re right, I’m a member of the general public who has never heard the term before.
        So I have

        • the general understanding that a “board” is usually a group of individuals with some sort of authority.
        • An unknown adjectival noun “vision”. And
        • the present tense verb “outlaws”

        The headline could have replaced “vision board” with the word “proposals” used in the first sentence of the article and been more clear. But I feel like the choice may have been a deliberate one to drive clicks. (outlaws -> propose it should be outlawed)

        If it’s supposed to be this sort of hokey motivational poster, is this really a common term now? Maybe I am too old.

        Edit: Very interesting. This term has a definite trend in January (New Year’s resolutions?) but the trend only seems to have kicked off around 2011. https://i.imgur.com/SQDyfSS.png

        Old confirmed! There are dozens of us!

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      1 year ago

      I made some vision boards back in grade school but I don’t remember them having too much political power