I'm objecting to your bastardization of the English language. "Virtue signaling" doesn't mean "something I don't like". It has a specific meaning that comes out of behavioral economics. It's a quite interesting concept actually. Unfortunately it is the process of being taken by people like you and turned into a contentless insult to fling at people. That's a destruction of the richness of our linguistic commons and you ought to be ashamed of yourself for doing so.
The down-voters and rightness or wrongness of their actions are a separate matter.
"That's a destruction of the richness of our linguistic commons and you ought to be ashamed of yourself for doing so."
Never read a more US-centric comment on HN towards people who are a.) not native speakers b.) don't have the vocubulary which seems to be necessary to leave comments on HN. But I assume these are the times.
Luckily the most common language in 50y will be Chinese.
> Luckily the most common language in 50y will be Chinese
China has multiple languages and ‘Chinese’ isn’t really a single language. Mandarin is already the most spoken language by a large margin, and even that has several dialects.
In case you are not aware, British people on HN are way outnumbered by commentators from the US, so HN is US centric and by no way UK centric.
Also concerning the nation-centric point of view, people from the UK are way less focused on their country and know other people outside their country exist.
The down-voters and rightness or wrongness of their actions are a separate matter.