Meaning and Veg

Voting is not "one little tool in the toolbox", it's EVERYTHING!!!

People not voting is exactly what took power away from them, and their decent living with it. That's the beauty of it - no matter how poor or unfortunate you are, you can still vote!

"...the entire country"

He got into office because at least about half the voters in that country agreed with his thinking.

There is no "entire" in this case. The sooner you internalise it, the sooner you'll be able to bounce back.

That's a great painting! 🙃

Are you taking photos while driving???

We need you alive please.

That's about half the people in your country.

I asked about a slice because I REALLY didn't know / couldn't imagine a WHOLE pizza sold for $1. This is terrible.

Yeah, and how is it all working for you?... Much change for the better?

Great insight!

What a herd.

Can you really buy a slice of pizza for $1? Where?

Is it illegal? File a law suit.

Is it legal? Don't blame the person, blame your system (and then work to change it).

On average, exchanges on Bluesky are brutal - a direct result of the character count limit. No room for nuances, clarifications or rationales. Are you going to remove that? No. That's the essence of Bluesky, right?

Conversations IRL don't mute the speaker after X number of syllables.

Is it okay to zip tie a 25 years old? Why?

LOL

Yes, that's exactly what I'm talking about.

Maybe as a snapshot there's currently a limited choice (there are always small choices we make, including the choice to align with "accepted socially"); but in a historical view, a lot of individual choices led to the current situation. People chose that.

I'm sure they do.

However, the meaning of priorities is: If you have absolutely no choice and you have to pick one or the other, which would it be?

There is no value judgement here. I'm not saying one is right and the other is wrong. All I'm saying is that every choice has its consequences.

Exactually.

To care about the economy you first need to care about people in general.

But hey, whoever supported prioritizing individualism over collectivism (probably the majority of people in the USA) should not complain now. It's a direct result.

I see what you're doing. Pretty clever.
Repetition sets patterns. But it doesn't generate meaning.

"Your approach is toxic" = I don't like what you say, but I can't refute it

"Rife for ridicule" = Since I can't refute your argument or converse respectfully, I'll distract and try to discredit your person whilst ignoring the subject at hand

By all means, I'd be "educating and not gatekeeping" if I knew where exactly the line crosses between the two. If you can offer guidance, I'm listening.

Until then, I'll continue to highlight bad language wherever I see it, regardless of user or context. Ridicule me for that, see if I care.

As long as it evolves, not devolves, that makes sense.

Evolution is hardly an excuse for excess words that not even the user has meaning for.

Can you answer the question?
If not, you shouldn't use it either.

The erosion of the language is not unimportant. The White House holds an example of what happens when you let language slide. Words create reality. When you use meaningless words, your reality loses meaning too. Pedantic, I know.

LOL.
I had one of these as a kid, in its hayday in the 70s.
I'm sorry to say, but it was super boring...

What is the difference between
"in itself"
and
"of itself"
?
Can you teach me please?

I mean, there must be an important difference. Important enough to require BOTH "in" [itself] and "of" itself.

If you can't answer that question, please don't use "in and of itself".

Thank you.

I suspect that dissertation will never be completed.

... which goes to show that anything in the media could be "technically accurate" but oh boy, there is ALWAYS an agenda. There are no good guys and bad guys in this world. Everyone is trying to manipulate everyone (including "us") and the only way to avoid it is... to avoid it. All. Completely.

If any law is broken in not swearing her in, file a law suit.
If not, and it's done legally... well, that's the democratic game. Nobody said one has to play nice, as long as it's within the law.

Looks Photoshopped, no offence

It's not necessarily a blessing.
Some of the people who follow me make my skin crawl.
(I know I can block them but why should I waste my time on that)