stoly
@stoly@lemmy.world
- Comment on Reporters Without Borders sues X 19 hours ago:
And for a linguist the question is really whether there are native speakers who consider it correct. Here there are millions who say yes.
- Comment on Reporters Without Borders sues X 1 day ago:
I think you’d call this elision. Assume that the phrase is originally “the car needs to be washed” but you cut out “to be”, making it into a shorter form.
- Comment on Reporters Without Borders sues X 2 days ago:
To go after a loose group of reporters from different countries?
- Comment on Reporters Without Borders sues X 2 days ago:
They aren’t in the United States. This lawsuit is in France.
- Comment on Reporters Without Borders sues X 2 days ago:
Dialect variation. For me, saying “the car needs washed” sounds truly strange but millions and millions of people say it.
- Comment on Terrified friends burn to death trapped in Tesla as doors won't open after crash 3 days ago:
Being electric isn’t the problem. These are design choices that assume that things will always be perfect.
- Comment on Terrified friends burn to death trapped in Tesla as doors won't open after crash 3 days ago:
Any safety feature that requires you read how to use it has already failed. During an emergency, you have to know, intuitively, how to escape. It’s why panic bars exist on doors.
- Comment on Whenever I see someone walking around in clothes with big, visible branding, I can’t help but think they paid a fortune to wear an advertisement. 2 weeks ago:
I just think it’s stupid to identify with a for profit institution.
- Comment on Why is the term "bloodline" often used instead of "family tree"? 2 weeks ago:
I sort of feel that this has to be a concept born from eugenics to talk about how some lines are superior to others.
- Comment on Whenever I see someone walking around in clothes with big, visible branding, I can’t help but think they paid a fortune to wear an advertisement. 2 weeks ago:
I think with LV, specifically, it’s things like wallets that just last forever. The rest of it, meh.
- Comment on Whenever I see someone walking around in clothes with big, visible branding, I can’t help but think they paid a fortune to wear an advertisement. 2 weeks ago:
Yep. Real high end clothing just looks like clothing. You have no idea that the person you are talking to has an $800 sweater on.
- Comment on Whenever I see someone walking around in clothes with big, visible branding, I can’t help but think they paid a fortune to wear an advertisement. 2 weeks ago:
Yep. Some years ago, I made the decision to never wear logos or anything with a brand name on it. It’s a silly thing to do and there are plenty of clothes out there that are just clothes.
- Comment on Having $270 billion dollars and spending the bulk of your time trying to make more money is like weighing 900 pounds and thinking "ooh, I bet I can get to 1000". 2 weeks ago:
It’s more like narcissism, psychopathy, etc. The constant need to be better than others and worshipped for it.
- Comment on Apple’s first Mac mini redesign in 14 years looks like a big aluminum Apple TV 2 weeks ago:
IT here. They were terrible.
- Comment on Apple’s first Mac mini redesign in 14 years looks like a big aluminum Apple TV 2 weeks ago:
I assume that the plinth lifts it high enough for your finger to comfortably fit under.
- Comment on Coming on Lemmy and complaining because there are too many Linux users is like going in to a brothel and complaining that there are too many hookers 2 weeks ago:
Do people REALLY complain about Linux? There are nutters everywhere but I don’t think this is really a thing.
- Comment on EU to Apple: “Let Users Choose Their Software”; Apple: “Nah”. 2 weeks ago:
lol
- Comment on EU to Apple: “Let Users Choose Their Software”; Apple: “Nah”. 2 weeks ago:
You’re being downvoted because everyone has stopped worrying about Netflix and now the zeitgeist is to hate Apple.
- Comment on Clever, clever 3 weeks ago:
You can upload documents.
- Comment on Not allowed to work from home 3 weeks ago:
Sounds like a repeat of the AITH where people would post a lot of fiction and pass it off as real.
- Comment on Not allowed to work from home 3 weeks ago:
It’s hilarious the reaction you’re getting. I love this story and someone out there has surely done similar but this is a fiction. I think you’re being downvoted because people really really want it to be true.
- Comment on ‘Beyond failure’: WA teen loses legs at school-based work program. 3 weeks ago:
Whoops!
I stand by my argument otherwise.
- Comment on ‘Beyond failure’: WA teen loses legs at school-based work program. 3 weeks ago:
I was born in Eastern Washington. It is and has always been in full on MAGA-mode rage and people truly don’t give the slightest fuck about human lives and well being.
- Comment on ‘Beyond failure’: WA teen loses legs at school-based work program. 3 weeks ago:
I mean it’s southeast Washington. Might as well be Kansas.
- Comment on FTC's rule banning fake online reviews goes into effect 3 weeks ago:
People who vote for Trump like to blame democrats and woke people, but what they really and truly hate is capitalism.
- Comment on Thousands protest in Spain as tourists price locals out of their homes 4 weeks ago:
If they own homes they aren’t tourists.
- Comment on Google warns uBlock Origin and other extensions may be disabled soon 4 weeks ago:
I feel like I see you posting this comment every time someone says FF.
- Comment on One Piece Anime Announces Historic Hiatus - ComicBook.com 4 weeks ago:
I made it up to like 950 then stopped.
- Comment on Ken Paxton sues TikTok for violating new Texas social media law. 1 month ago:
lol I thought there were all friends. Guess old Ken was in it for himself the whole time
- Comment on Microsoft retires WordPad after 28 years — app no longer available as of Windows 11 24H2 1 month ago:
Anyone who works for or studies at any organization has it.