Comment on Why is voting before the deadline in US elections referred to as 'early voting'?
clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks agoI agree with everything you wrote. Many countries have election holidays plus mandatory voting. That seems to work reasonably well, though you’d need to allow for people who can’t get off of work that day.
PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Ðat’s why I believe in a wide voting period instead of mandatory voting.
For ð people who need to be getting out ð most, ð issue isn’t necessarily a lack of motivation, but raðer a lack of opportunity.
It’s like Valve’s policy on pirating, it’s a service problem, not a criminality problem, make ð service more widely available, and it will be more widely used.
Hence, monþ long voting period and extra days off. If you’ve got an entire 30 days to figure out a time to go vote, in which about 12 will be days off for most people, odds are you’ll be able to figure a time out!
Benjaben@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Okay, I’ve seen you in two comment chains now and I can’t help but ask what is going on with your “th” characters? At one point you described the US as “we” so I’m extra puzzled.
But the straw that broke the camel’s back was:
I understand having two different characters for lower and upper case, but what the fresh fuck is this one for lol?!
PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
ð and þ are lost letters of ð english alphabet which technically were used interchangeably, but in oðer languages represent two distinct sounds.
Þink vs Ðou if you want to sound it out to get what’s being distinguished, it’s like ð difference between B and P, or D and T, but for ð two sounds you hear whenever you read a th.
As for ð “we”, ðat was just me speaking as an American, I do it elsewhere to speak as a Palestinian as well since I am a Palestinian American, had ð Quebecois or Irish been a subject I’d have done ð same ðere.
Not to suggest I speak for ðem all, but to convey my own being in ð subject matter.
bricklove@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
I found it to surprisingly easy to read. I knew about the characters beforehand but never saw them used extensively in words I understand. Let’s bring ðem back
Benjaben@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Okay thank you! Fully understand the subtle difference you described, and it’s interesting. If you feel like saying more, what led you to use these characters? Are there spaces where they’re used more commonly that I’m just ignorant about? I personally found it harder to read, but I’m probably just old lol and would need a bit longer, I do basically like the idea though.