Yes! But it's still valuable. How am I understanding your argument at all?

I think my friend Jonathan Rees put it best:

  "Language is a continuous reverse engineering effort, where both sides are trying to figure out what the other side means."

More on that: https://dustycloud.org/blog/identity-is-a-katamari/

This reverse engineering effort is important between you and me, in this exchange right here. It is a battle that can never be won, but the fight of it is how we make progress in most things.