Tedesche
@Tedesche@lemmy.world
- Comment on Why do people say things like "I didn't do nothing"? 3 days ago:
LOL, keep imagining demons, man. What a sad home for pearl-clutching recemongers Lemmy is.
- Comment on Why do people say things like "I didn't do nothing"? 3 days ago:
I think you and many other people in this thread have this ass to mouth and don’t know which end is which.
- Comment on Why do people say things like "I didn't do nothing"? 3 days ago:
it’s funny how you say I’m naive and then proceed to insist that your grammar rules are somehow more right than another’s.
Why is that funny? I fail to see how contending that grammatical rules are valid and valuable contradicts with the notion that you claiming “everyone has their own rules, get over it” is naïve. They’re not in contradiction at all.
While double negatives might be inappropriate in, for example, technical documents; there are a great number of contexts in which they’re quite common and normal. I’m not saying “rules” don’t broadly exist, but rather that they vary from place to place, culture to culture (including Sub and micro-cultures).
Nothing I said contradicts that. I simply pointed out that that’s no reason to disregard the rules of grammar.
By the way, you should look into the sorts of people who have historically agreed with you. Classists and racists. For example, Robert Lowth, who argued people sounded dumb, essentially, because it was illogical. Same with many of the grammarians in the US who consistently taught kids that ‘they sound dumb’ because they happen to have a colloquial dialect different than their own.
I made no such racist argument and for you to suggest that I’m racist merely because I pointed out that grammatical rules have purpose and utility simply demonstrates how little you understand the historical context you’re trying to weaponize and how eager you are to slander those who disagree with you as racist. You’re not winning yourself any real points for combatting racism, dude, you’re just exposing yourself as an empty virtue signaler.
- Comment on Single-bladed razors are superior! 3 days ago:
They’re definitely cheaper than using cartridge razors, but personally I found decent cartridge razors just get a closer shave than safety razors. And it wasn’t for failing to learn how to use a safety razor either. I used one for several years, got good at it, but later switched back to cartridge razors on a whim and found that they simply get reliably closer shave than a single blade does. I still use soap and a brush rather than canned shaving cream, because it is much better and more economical, but for me the closer shave that comes with a cartridge razor is worth the price.
- Comment on Why do people say things like "I didn't do nothing"? 3 days ago:
That’s naïve. One can appreciate differences in grammar usage and take them into account when trying to understand someone else in the context of cultural differences and still acknowledge that grammar has formal rules. If you’re just going to say that grammatical rules can be ignored, why bother teaching grammar at all? Because as much as there might be deviations from the norm, there is still a norm, and it’s important there is one. One cannot appreciate jazz without learning classical musical structures; the existence of jazz does not negate that music has said structures, and jazz wouldn’t be jazz without them.
- Comment on Why do people say things like "I didn't do nothing"? 3 days ago:
It’s a double-negative. Classic grammatical mistake that is sadly quite common in some modern parlance. Blame culture or the educational system, but don’t make the mistake of thinking the person saying this is actually trying to slyly indicate they did do something while seeming like they’re denying it. That’s not what’s going on.
- Comment on What game surprised you with their length? 4 days ago:
Xenogears. 80-hour game, and that’s without grinding for everything. And, it probably would have been close to twice as long if they’d been funded enough to complete it. As it was released, the second disc began with a 2-hour cutscene with a save point in the middle, which essentially summed up most of the second half of the story. Amazing game. Like playing through an entire mecha manga.
- Comment on When leftists say "landlord are parasites" or similar dislike of landlords, do they also mean the people that own like a couple of houses as an investment, or only the big landlords? 1 week ago:
I grew up rich and inherited my wealth and I’m still a leftist, so I know there are exceptions to the rule I just gave. I didn’t mean to imply that all rich people are conservative and it’s a function of wealth. I just meant that while many leftists on Lemmy demand the rich empathize with the poor, I don’t think enough of them empathize with the rich—particularly the self-made rich.
You wanna know what the best thing about my inherited wealth is? I don’t have to plan for retirement. This leaves me free to work a job that doesn’t pay well, but affords me the opportunity to help people less fortunate than me (community therapist). I don’t think enough leftists on Lemmy realize how many of us are out there. It’s the problem of a handful of bad actors spoiling things for the bunch. It doesn’t matter how many Warren Buffets are out there; a single Jeff Bezos sets the bad example.
But it’s the system. We need laws that prevent 90% of the wealth falling into 10% of the hands. We need laws that stop the richest from paying the least taxes. But we also need oversight committees that stop government bodies meant to help the poor from pocketing the money—something leftists rarely want to acknowledge happens. I work in public health and I know how corrupt the system is. We can’t expect the we’ll-meaning wealthy to give up their capital to a system that is designed to line the pockets of other rich people.
- Comment on When leftists say "landlord are parasites" or similar dislike of landlords, do they also mean the people that own like a couple of houses as an investment, or only the big landlords? 1 week ago:
I think a lot of far leftists are relatively poor and would change their tune as soon as they earned a lot of money. When you experience success it becomes a lot harder to excuse or sympathize with the people asking for handouts. Success is difficult. Yes, a lot of luck is involved and successful people do tend to give themselves too much credit, but it still doesn’t happen without a lot of effort from one ambitious individual. When you know you’ve built an empire, it’s a tall order being asked to give it up.
- Comment on Do you want the murderer of the UnitHealthcare CEO prosecuted? 1 week ago:
You’re citing a problem with our justice system though. Yes, that should be fixed, but it’s not the same as justifying vigilante justice. This should lot be condoned. The system’s inability to prosecute and convict should be.
- Comment on Do you want the murderer of the UnitHealthcare CEO prosecuted? 1 week ago:
As much as I take some degree of delight in this CEO’s death, yes, his killer should face justice. Vigilante revenge should not be allowed in a civilized society. If we condone that, we open the floodgates for all forms of reprisal. As justified as I and others may feel this murder is, the CEO still should have had his day in court.
- Comment on But I've based my whole personality on my convoluted opinions about rainbows! 2 weeks ago:
Okay, thanks for the clarification.
- Comment on But I've based my whole personality on my convoluted opinions about rainbows! 2 weeks ago:
Clearly any video that asks a question or implies a strange phenomenon or situation is click bait.
That seems like a gross oversimplification. I wouldn’t agree with that statement at all.
- Comment on But I've based my whole personality on my convoluted opinions about rainbows! 2 weeks ago:
It’s explained in the video. I’m not going to entertain your sarcastic bullshit.
- Comment on But I've based my whole personality on my convoluted opinions about rainbows! 2 weeks ago:
It’s an in-depth explanation of rainbows and the physics that create them, much of which contradicts the layperson’s understanding of them. How is the title clickbait if it’s accurate to the content?
- Comment on i hate hate hate stuart little 2 weeks ago:
This is the correct answer. Remy would skewer him from ass to mouth and then roast him on a spit (after seasoning him, of course). I’m sure he’d be delicious.
- Comment on He stole my veggies! 3 weeks ago:
He is indeed poor. I don’t feel bad for him though.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
You can’t rely on someone who is suffering to make a rational decision about weighing a very permanent choice with the chances of maybe someday getting better.
That’s just not true. People dealing with chronic pain can absolutely make informed decisions about their own healthcare, including voluntary euthanasia. Psychiatric and neurological illnesses could potentially impair a person’s judgment enough to bar them from making the choice themselves, but this notion that anyone who is “suffering” can’t be relied upon to make a rational decision because they’re somehow too biased by their own pain is pure idiocy.
- Comment on I do not want to do anything. Is this addiction? 3 weeks ago:
That would depend on the person I’m talking to. Not everyone is well-suited for it. Generally, I recommend people find jobs that they enjoy doing most of the time.
- Comment on 2009: Tom Scott cooks salmon in a dishwasher 3 weeks ago:
Unsurprising, considering we’ve been cooking things in literal dirt pits for millennia.
- Comment on I do not want to do anything. Is this addiction? 3 weeks ago:
Therapist here. This is correct. While almost any activity can be addicting, OP isn’t describing an addiction, which would involve distress in the absence of a particular activity, even when other activities were engaged in. What OP is describing is much more like the apathy/lethargy we see in depressed people, which often results in persistent engagement with easy distractions.
- Comment on No phones, no emails, just living in the moment 4 weeks ago:
Forgot to pick up the magic mirror before leaving the brigand leader’s office, didn’t you?
- Comment on whatcha gonna watch? 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Because smart people question each other and disagree a lot. Dumb people are sheep and follow the loudest, most confident voice in the room.
- Comment on Realistically... How fucked is the US? 1 month ago:
That’s right, bringing race, gender, and other demographic variables into it totally makes your argument stronger. It definitely doesn’t expose your own prejudices at all, no siree.
- Comment on Realistically... How fucked is the US? 1 month ago:
This has happened plenty of times in other countries. To think it can’t happen here is what is irrational.
- Comment on Realistically... How fucked is the US? 1 month ago:
I took this attitude the first time Trump was elected, and boy was I wrong. Not this time. Now, I’m seriously considering what his options might be for eliminating the election in 2028. He needs to clean the military brass of people disloyal to him, which he can easily do as Commander in Chief. Once he’s got a loyal military, there’s virtually nothing he can’t do; and this SCOTUS will let him do anything he wants, so long as it aligns with the view of Evangelical Christians, who have been wanting a theocracy for decades. He can conjure the specter of “Democrat corruption” to justify eliminating any opposition politicians as an official act, completely re-stock the FBI with loyalists to wage any legal battles he needs to make his actions seem legitimate and “official,” and arrest any problematic judges under the same “corruption” myth so that he can then replace them with loyalists.
Honestly, we’ve seen this playbook before in countries that are now dictatorships and Trump has already made it quite clear he wants to be a dictator. There is absolutely no reason to be convinced this will not happen. It might not happen, but there’s no reason to think definitely will not.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
LOL. Omg I’m such a survivor. I’m only a survivor because I survived this long. I would be a completely different person if I I just survived longer than this. 😝
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Because you invested in a shit plan or simply made your investments poorly. I know plenty of people who are doing well on their retirement investment plans, and I’m doing fine too. Don’t blame America, the country, for your shitty decisions.
- Comment on Playing With Time 1 month ago:
I think it’s just good video editing, no CG.