FuglyDuck

@FuglyDuck@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it ethical for a parent to distribute inheritance based on the child(ren)'s mental capacity (aka refusing to give an inheritance to child(ren) with reduced mental capacity)?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This isn’t what OP is talking about, however.

  OP’s parents are assholes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do people say things like "I didn't do nothing"?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  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, you’re just exposing yourself as an empty virtue signaler.

  First off. lets look at people who have, historically espoused the idea that double negatives are “illogical” and "ungrammatical.

  Robert Lowth, for example, was a Bishop of Oxford; and leader in the Church of England. Raging classist. who liked to cite the use of double negatives as a reason for why commoners were stupid.

  Lindley Murray, He was a Quaker, a Lawyer, and Loyalist during the American revolution whose loyalties were likely tied to protecting his wealth, which came from his father’s shipping company. His prescriptive rules as for English Grammar was oft cited as an example of “poor” education, and his rules were focused on emulating “the best writers”… which were universally rich nobles. Murray’s rules were not based on common use, but rather the use by a specific subset of predominately white elites.

  Both Murray and Lowth were members of those elites, and contributed significantly to perceptions that not speaking as they had was a sign of poor education and poor upbringing. They believed it was so largely because that’s how they themselves spoke and wrote . That perception was taken to it’s extreme in defending slavery, arguing that, for example, slaves and their descendants were inferior- or inhuman- because of how they spoke.

  I cannot say if you are racist. I don’t know you. I can say, however, that the most-often cited proponents of double negatives being bad grammar were straight up assholes. I generally assume that most people don’t know that. But that brings me back to what I’ve been trying to say this entire time: Prescriptive Grammar assumes that a specific way of speaking or writing is somehow correct, and all others are, if not outright wrong, then inferior. And that is blatantly untrue.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do people say things like "I didn't do nothing"?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨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.

  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).

  Saying that jazz has certain structures is one thing. Same with technical writing. But that ignores the possibility of blues or other folk songs from which jazz evolved out of. Jazz and Blues are not better or more correct than the other.

  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.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do people say things like "I didn't do nothing"?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not a grammatical mistake.

  People use language differently than you. Get over it.

  FWIW, double negatives have longer been used as a way to add emphasis on the statement than they have been considered “incorrect”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How would you forgive someone that poisoned your dog when they only offer bad faith apology ?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Let’s just be honest here and recognize that wasn’t an accident. He may not have intended to harm animals; but he was intentionally releasing toxic substances into the environment.

  (Illegally, I might add.)

  It’s one thing if you have a burst radiator hose or something where you can’t easily clean it.

  It’s something else if it’s a regular occurrence.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How would you forgive someone that poisoned your dog when they only offer bad faith apology ?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  They do.

  But coolant leaks typically aren’t happening the same time some one is dog sitting or whatever.

  If they lived together, I suspect it wouldn’t be so hard to believe it was an accident; but randomly having a radiator leak the same time your dog sitting? Or the dog is visiting?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How would you forgive someone that poisoned your dog when they only offer bad faith apology ?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Radiator fluid tastes sweet to dogs, they’ll drink it happily if it’s provided. It’s one of those things that assholes who kill dogs tend to know.

  Same for cats.

  It’s a horrible way to kill an animal, and it’s hard to imagine the pooch having access to radiator fluid accidentally.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How is this Amazon ad anything BUT a trick to get a 7 year old child to get their mitts on dad's phone and charge his credit card $13K in two clicks?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Considering “Violeta” is Spanish… it’s probably in pesos. About $650 usd.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's just math(s).⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Apparently, I obey the golden ratio.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What % of Lemmy memes and reaction-bait is posted for the purpose of farming Lemmy comments?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Why reinvent the wheel? because bikes with Reuleaux Triangles for wheels are fun?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I dunno. This seems fairly accurate:

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  The only time I’ve ever been called “buddy” as an adult is when I’m trespassing drunks who’re indignant at being told not to piss on my tenant’s window. (Or that i wouldn’t shake their hand.)(every damn time. Eww)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does hand washing your undies prevent it from losing its shape and elasticity?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Or keep it to low heat. Even better, “no heat” if you can just tumble dry.

  Also, wash it on cold.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨alpha⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was also under the impression that the captive wolves were in mixed- that is forced- packs.

  All the fighting that was observed came from that rather than any sort of natural behavior.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Orly?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  All hail our alien overlords.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Will the price of Freeze Driers go down? (USA question)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “Ever try doing laundry before you run out of clean underwear?”- your mom, maybe.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Makes more sense than the Imperial system⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I see you.

  I might pretend I didn’t. But I see you and I chuckled.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pterosaurs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And this is why no one will see the possum take over coming.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pterosaurs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  what’s even scarrier is the idea that this might give possums… ideas.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shape of the Heart⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  … I see I’m not the only person with intrusive thoughts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pterosaurs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is low key, terrifying.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Important Knowledge⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  and has gotten more academic accolades than any one here. probably more than all of us combined. (Sorry, I’m dragging the group down.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Percentages⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  you know, if you watched for tells, that could tilt the probabilities… and I bet with the frustration… he was flashing tells all over the place…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨5x Evolutionary Winner⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Looks a little steamed to me,

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨if you're the kind of person not to burn bridges when leaving a toxic job or toxic coworkers, why?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As a manager, every exit interview where some one unloaded the way you just did… they weren’t brutally honest. They were just assholes with poor social skills.

  You’re going out of your way to be mean and vindictive- and while your former coworkers may have been petty… so are you, and being “brutal” is you going out of your way to express it.

  By the way, “happy” people shuffle around looking for better pay or more exciting opportunities too. Sorry you never found a place you can thrive at.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dead internet theory⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not a robot. I’m an android. There’s a difference.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I or my family does has a 3 year old mixed border collie. Is it to late to train him for something new?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It should also be noted that they’re incredibly energetic. If they get bored… they can get destructive in a hurry.

  It’s best to keep any kind of shepherd well exercised and mentally engaged.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Happy Thanksgiving, Yanks.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wild turkeys are violent mofos.

  The butterballs? Lol.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fashion is cyclical⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s well known that orcas pick up “games” that are basically fads. They find stuff to entertain themselves and keep at it until they grow bored of it.

  Basically pre-internet humans.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨duhh⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The glass in fire extinguisher boxes, too.

  Intrusion/entry seals. Shipping seals.

  Those cheap chopsticks from Chineese take out.

  Sprues for any kind of casting or plastic molding.

  Crumple zones in cars.

  Bottle caps (the old school kind.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I can't imagine being paid to act like I enjoy working in the office⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Mostly, it started with small startups and then big corpos thinking “hey they were successful! And their team looks happy!”

  So the emulate it. The thing is something that works for groups of 5 doesn’t work so well for more than that.

  Also, yeah. There’s probably somebody in the corporate decision tree that realizes it’d increase opportunities for middle management to suck the soul out their minions, but usually the people pushing it are just stupid, and trying to be “hip” and “cool”, and all “how do you do, fellow kids?!”-ish cuz they read about it in a Forbes magazine.