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  • Cethin@lemmy.ziptoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.worldWhat a ratio
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    3 hours ago

    First I want to point out you aren’t asking for proof against it, but fine.

    I can’t find exactly what I’m looking for, because Mamdani said “globalize the antifada,” but here’s the DNC chair not speaking against that at least. He’s said basically that Democrats need to support him no matter what before, but this is the big thing right now that’s making it hard to search for.

    I’m much further left than the DNC (social anarchist), but “the party” is mostly doing the right thing here. That’s not to say the donors are though. I think most of the monied people are with Cuomo.



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    5 hours ago

    To an extent, sure, but surprisingly a lot of the DNC have backed him up. Give them credit where it’s due, which isn’t often so it doesn’t take much effort. If you give them shit for stuff they aren’t doing then they have no reason to not do the bad stuff, because it has the same result.





  • Isn’t before the price is set in stone the time to make a big deal out of it? Like you said, they probably leaked it to gauge the response. We should mock it for the absurdity that it is so they know they’re way off the mark before it comes out.

    That is, assume the price is something we want changed. Honestly, I don’t really. I want this to flop. We need fewer Microsoft products out there, not more. I want people on Linux powered devices, so we get more support for Linux software.



  • What the other comment said is correct. It alone doesn’t show they’re doing fine. They could instead have a massive decrease in imports, and their export surplus would increase, but it’d suck because no one actually cares about that. I don’t get upset when I go to the grocery store and leave with less money than when I entered, because I got goods of similar value with that money.

    If their total exports went up, then that indicates they’re doing well.





  • Cethin@lemmy.ziptoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.worldthey don't mind
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    2 days ago

    But that’s not the reason for “you are!” It’s because you used to be plural! We stopped using it for plural and it’s exclusively singular now, yet it maintains the plural grammar.

    It used to be “thou art” for second person singular and “you are” for second person plural. Now it’s “you are” for second person singular and usually “you all/y’all are” or “you guys are,” but sometimes “you are,” for second person plural. “They are” is in good company.

    Grammar and language are made up. Stop arguing about the rules and just use it in the way that’s useful for communication with your contemporaries, or if you are going to argue about “maintaining the purity of the rules” then start using “thou art” for second person plural, so your peers can understand you.


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    2 days ago

    It’s because “they is” is not correct usage, even if it’s used as singular, just as “you is” isn’t. Saying “they is” makes it sound like you’re pointing out that it doesn’t work so therefor it must be plural. It’s “they are” even if used as singular.


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    3 days ago

    I’m not the one disregarding the grammar rules. You are.

    You are.

    You, in this case, is singular. Why are you using are?!

    It turns out, “the issues this causes for clarity in language” don’t actually matter, and it doesn’t cause any issues. It’s perfectly clear “you” and “they” here are singular, despite the plural grammar. It is not confusing, as you clearly proved in your own comment by using “you are.”


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    No, you dummy. The reason we use “are” with “you” is because it was originally plural. However, language is mutable and ever-changing. You is almost exclusively used as singular now, yet it keeps the plural “are”. The point being, your statement that “they is” is wrong doesn’t prove anything. We use the “wrong” grammar for words all the time and we don’t care, until you can do it to hurt someone.