Re:Want an unfair advantage in your tech career? Consume con...
by inanutshellus on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @08:56AM
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I like ingest!
That said, I believe OP is offended at being referred to in an impersonal way. As such, I don't believe there's much to be done for him beyond "don't refer to people by their actions", which is impractical.
"I ingested [The Sandlot]" or "We had 50,000 ingesters of [The Sandlot] this week!"
are, to my mind, faaaaaairly equivalent to
"I consumed [The Sandlot]" or "We had 50,000 consumers of [The Sandlot] this week!"
Not terribly compelling but... "ingest" has a gut association whilst "consume" has a head connotation... so... there's that.
However, there is a fun distinction between the two. "Consuming" a book, to me, just implies you read it. "Digesting" and "ingesting" have implications of /rumination/.
That said, I believe OP is offended at being referred to in an impersonal way. As such, I don't believe there's much to be done for him beyond "don't refer to people by their actions", which is impractical.
"I ingested [The Sandlot]" or "We had 50,000 ingesters of [The Sandlot] this week!"
are, to my mind, faaaaaairly equivalent to
"I consumed [The Sandlot]" or "We had 50,000 consumers of [The Sandlot] this week!"
Not terribly compelling but... "ingest" has a gut association whilst "consume" has a head connotation... so... there's that.
However, there is a fun distinction between the two. "Consuming" a book, to me, just implies you read it. "Digesting" and "ingesting" have implications of /rumination/.