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MyBrainHurts@lemmy.cato No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Where can I find Trumps drawing in the letter to Epstein?English14·2 days agodeleted by creator
MyBrainHurts@lemmy.cato Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Obligatory monthly "what's your hot take?" questionEnglish1·2 days agoIf I wanted to ensure the status quo and prevent real change, I cam think of no better sociological judo than getting the progressive Left hooked on identity politics.
MyBrainHurts@lemmy.cato Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Obligatory monthly "what's your hot take?" questionEnglish1·2 days agoTo the kids who make your clothes, you are excessively wealthy.
MyBrainHurts@lemmy.cato Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Obligatory monthly "what's your hot take?" questionEnglish191·2 days agoWe pivoted from social justice causes like child labour to systemic racism (but only in the first world, not where our actual daily racism is practiced) and transphobia etc because the former requires personal sacrifices while the latter mostly “requires” snarky takes on social media.
MyBrainHurts@lemmy.caOPtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world•trump to, well, everyone it seems:English2·5 days agoI don’t know if I’d call it formal (to me, formal means using sir, more conditionals and more emphasis on manners) so much as I enjoy speaking grammatically, the same way I like to use idiosyncratic words, all fun stuff that makes language more interesting. Yes, plain English, unencumbered by whom or unnecessarily large words is more simple but it is also less joyful. (In my cynical way, I wonder if I’ll see textbooks with “k” instead of okay in my lifetime.)
Fully agree on literally (in part, Dave Cross broke me on that one years ago. “When you misuse that word, you are using it exactly incorrectly.”) The other one that bugs me is nonplussed, which is becoming to mean its opposite to the point where if it’s used it pretty much has no meaning because you have no way of knowing whether the speaker knows it actually means bewildered/startled or if they’re using it incorrectly to mean the exact opposite.
MyBrainHurts@lemmy.caOPtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world•trump to, well, everyone it seems:English3·6 days ago“Of which you thought.” - I also enjoy not ending sentences with prepositions.
Again, I just think it makes everyday language better. Similar to having art on one’s walls, doesn’t improve anything other than aesthetics but that’s enough to make it worthwhile to some.
I also would never use “k” instead of okay in a text but to each their own!
MyBrainHurts@lemmy.caOPtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world•trump to, well, everyone it seems:English1·6 days agoTo each their own!
I personally think English sounds better when spoken well and enjoy doing so. “For Who the Bell Tolls” sounds silly and I think people missing whom tend to sound similarly silly.
MyBrainHurts@lemmy.caOPtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world•trump to, well, everyone it seems:English7·7 days agoIt’s the same idea, we understand exactly what he’s saying, 0 impairment of understanding etc.
There’s no reason for a lot of stuff; why do verbs like have and be require different conjugations when the subject is in the sentence? Why bother pluralizing words when we can usually figure it out from context etc.
MyBrainHurts@lemmy.caOPtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world•trump to, well, everyone it seems:English16·7 days agoAbsolutely deliberate. Monty Python was mostly Oxford and Cambridge grads who darn well knew how to use whom.
MyBrainHurts@lemmy.caOPtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world•trump to, well, everyone it seems:English15·7 days ago
MyBrainHurts@lemmy.caOPtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world•trump to, well, everyone it seems:English27·7 days agoI know but the original quote is who killed who, so figured accuracy beats grammar.
MyBrainHurts@lemmy.catoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.world•stop imagining pink elephantsEnglish11·9 days agoI tried to find out but need to make an account to see more than a couple lies.
MyBrainHurts@lemmy.cato Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Does anyone truly think times are better now than 30 years ago? (US)English121·10 days agoFor most of the world’s population, things have significantly improved by almost every conceivable measure.
I strongly recommend Roslings book, Factfulness. The difference between how people think things have changed and what’s happened is wild.
Edit: Just saw the (US tag, sorry.)
MyBrainHurts@lemmy.cato Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Whats ur favorite breakfast show or content to be had while waking up and enjoying a meal and stimulating substance?English2·10 days agoEconomist news podcast.
MyBrainHurts@lemmy.cato Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Ex-Superman Dean Cain Says James Gunn Made a ‘Mistake’ Calling Superman an ‘Immigrant’ and ‘It’s Going to Hurt’ the Box Office: ‘How Woke Is Hollywood Going to Make This Character?’English14·13 days agoI don’t think everyone has to have read the original source material to enjoy something made from that material.
But if you’re going to complain about it being faithful to the source material? Naw, that’s in no way legit.
MyBrainHurts@lemmy.cato No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•What's the solution to QR code phishing?English51·15 days agoWhich of those groups do you routinely lie to?
MyBrainHurts@lemmy.cato No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•What's the solution to QR code phishing?English221·15 days ago“Sorry date/group of friends/family/work function, we can’t eat here. I don’t want to scan a QR code.”
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