thanksforallthefish

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[–] thanksforallthefish 7 points 8 hours ago

Yeah, that worked so well last time he tried it, sure, give it another go, why not ?

[–] thanksforallthefish 9 points 8 hours ago

Good. It's a start

[–] thanksforallthefish 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If you're making the group then your call, but the name sounds too sunny & positive to anyone who doesn't have context to hear the irony.

Also housing crisis is what it's referred to in many places internationally.

[–] thanksforallthefish 4 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I'd suggest "housing crisis" if you want it to get subscribers. Too much subtlety and it's just going to be ignored, imnsho.

[–] thanksforallthefish 29 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

What a fucking wanker. The journo who wrote this an utter knob.

To address the headline, incremental improvements create pressure, doesn't have to be a purity test, just deliberate avoidance as much as practical.

[–] thanksforallthefish 6 points 4 days ago

Without even reading the article I'll bet Betterridge's law of headlines applies

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge's_law_of_headlines

Betteridge's law of headlines is an adage that states: "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no.

[–] thanksforallthefish 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It was ICE detaining him not the judge. The authority for ICE to detain him over rode the judges ability to release him

[–] thanksforallthefish 3 points 5 days ago

What does asbestos taste like?

Blood

[–] thanksforallthefish 7 points 1 week ago

German president Paul von Hindenburg thought that he could "control" Hitler, and that he wouldn't do the extreme things he promised in his election speeches, and thus brokered his move into the Chancellor's position in a minority govt. I think we all know how that turned out.

Almost a century later the barons of Wall Street have just had the same "oh shit" moment the German conservatives had in 1933

[–] thanksforallthefish 3 points 1 week ago

I feel like hydrogen is little more than hope.

Pretty much. It doesn't have a lot going for it at this point - maybe one day

[–] thanksforallthefish 29 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

The Scots wiki had the same problem. A teenage American who didn't speak Scots edited and created 10s of thousands of entries

For those not aware Scots is a Germanic language that split from Old English back about 700-800 years ago - closely related to modern english like frisian is, but also retaining many words lost to english (some of which are retained in Swedish / Dutch etc). It is distinct from standard scottish english.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scots_language

Edit

Articles on the fiasco

https://inews.co.uk/news/scotland/scots-wikipedia-language-articles-native-speaker-mistakes-610689

https://www.engadget.com/scots-wikipedia-230210674.html?_fsig=8ckIe_eK7juchNpKgsYQww--%7EA

https://www.thenational.scot/news/18679711.scots-wikipedia-us-teen-wrote-swathes-articles-devastated-reactions/

[–] thanksforallthefish 1 points 1 week ago

I think Putin can take credit for Mango's efforts, no ?

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