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Admittedly it’s not the only double plural in English. “Children” is a weird word when one thinks about it.

Yes? That’s why “y’all” makes no sense. You’re pluralising something that’s already plural.

Yeah. Hereabouts people use “youse”.

Tha can take my second person singular whenst tha take my life

We should revive the usage of English’s actual second person singular pronoun: thou.

Strong disagree.

I don’t know how practical that is, but if it could be done wouldn’t it be better than just hurting them?

Let them see the rural black communities they spent decades suppressing actually be empowered. Let them see their children educated and happier living in a multicultural world. Let them see their worldview collapse.

Let them see their communities *change* for the *better*. Nothing would hurt them more than that.

In some ways I might argue that the very best way for you to get your revenge would be to rework things to make it easier and more likely for the children and grandchildren of the rural conservatives to become liberal.

I think it’s important to target actions appropriately. You don’t want to catch the next generation of kids who would go to college and move to the cities in the area of effect.

Personally I would argue that rural mail delivery has historically acted as a supportive lifeline to the vulnerable people otherwise trapped in rural areas.

I could see an argument that the internet has largely replaced this now though

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You ‘run the gamut’ and ‘run the gauntlet.’

You don’t ‘run the gambit.’

gamut = entire range or series

gauntlet = severe trial

Gambit = Alpha-level mutant who can convert potential energy to kinetic energy

A 3d printer shows 75% completion

Are we there yet?

A 3d printer showing 4% complete

How it’s going:

A 3d printer showing 1% complete

How it started:

Rogan Josh

People talk about being to the right of Atilla the Hun.

But we don’t really know anything about Attila’s politics.

You: powerscaling is a bad way to look at comics
Me: jeff smith could absolutely beat the shit outta dave sim

i just think there is a large delta between the things LLMs are genuinely useful for and the things they are being sold as useful for

Yeah, it’s amazing how much varies between institutions even within the same field. And that’s not even starting on how things vary between fields.

In mathematics the way to be listed as first author is to have a name that starts with A.

(Yes, this is a joke)

You want to talk about problematic age gap?

Christian God/Christian Church is pretty problematic. Big power gap too.

On Mass Effect, our love scenes -- soft-lit gentle scenes players got after getting to know their love interest for two-thirds of the game -- got called "virtual orgasmic rape" by Fox News.

Nothing is respectable enough. They aren't attacking porn. They're attacking intimacy and openness.

Might be a policy of listing everyone in the group on every paper?

Percy Jackson is a good one, hits about the same level and has enough similarities that people can transition well

I’ve also had some success recommending @diane.dianeduane.com’s Young Wizards series

Nazis like to believe it.

You know, it wasn’t about ethics in video game journalism, but it was, at least somewhat, about ethnics in videogames.

The Memorial Garden ended up there because HTL shares a boundary with the building that used to house LASS. When LASS closed, they got full control of the previously shared patch of land on condition they created the Memorial Garden. But Peter is absolutely correct that this doesn't sit right