—No, I’m not calling you lazy. I’m not calling you lazy, son. Sound changes are never lazy and never let anyone convince you they are. It’s not that. You aren’t lazy. No, it’s just…

…Well, son, if you keep affricating /t/ like that, it’s a slippery slope. That’s all I’m saying. You start out only affricating and it all just seems like harmless fun and games, right? And I get it. But this isn’t kids’ stuff. Eventually, eventually you’ll find that the affrication just isn’t doing it for you anymore, so you need something more to hit that same high of mechanical optimization of your speech. And I’ve seen this same vicious cycle play out all over the world. People always think “oh, it’s just a little affrication, what’s the harm?” at first but then they always start assibilating after a while! Always! And THEN what, son?! When you start assibilating, THEN what?! The distinction between /t/ and /s/ is the ONE THING keeping popular auto-tuning rappers from turning into Pretendians! COULD YOU LIVE WITH YOURSELF, SON?! Could you live with yourself if you took that away?!

…Yeah. I thought not.