AwesomeLowlander

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[–] AwesomeLowlander 1 points 5 days ago

From the article, they made it an emphasis.

[–] AwesomeLowlander 1 points 5 days ago

TBF, some OEM mouses are among the best I've used in my life.

[–] AwesomeLowlander 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Lets start with an English homework diving into WHY the passive voice is so bad in this particular case, that you felt the need to call it out in particular? There is nothing grammatically wrong with the passive voice, and it can be a valid stylistic choice. In this case, it was used because I as the author chose to emphasise the subject (English) as opposed to the responsible party (the world). The usual reasons to avoid passive voice do not seem to apply here. Would you care to explain why you decided to be a nitpicky asshole?

[–] AwesomeLowlander 2 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I believe the original purpose of that phrase, was to differentiate between people who act on those attractions, and those who understand it's wrong and refrain from doing so.

[–] AwesomeLowlander 11 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Doesn't matter if America is the past. English is the language the world has settled on as the lingua franca. Yes, there are advantages to dealing with China if you speak Mandarin, but good luck trying to raise your voice while dragging out every syllable and getting yourself understood anywhere outside of China.

[–] AwesomeLowlander 2 points 5 days ago (5 children)

@[email protected], genuinely interested in your opinion on this considering the new information

[–] AwesomeLowlander 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

There's 2 versions released this decade, which are you referring to?

[–] AwesomeLowlander 2 points 5 days ago

Nah, me and my bestie regularly suffer from PTSD, get on flights to see each other, then hijack the plane and turn it around in midair. Nothing quite as cathartic as plane ballet!

But yes, it was hilarious watching the bots twirl around each other until they both got tired and came home.

[–] AwesomeLowlander 12 points 5 days ago (2 children)
[–] AwesomeLowlander 64 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Well yes we do, ICBMs are generally associated with nukes because their sheer cost normally makes them impractical for standard explosive payloads.

[–] AwesomeLowlander 1 points 6 days ago

Not when it takes one minute to create a new account

[–] AwesomeLowlander 13 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

You appear to have confused crime with homicide. You called them DEADLY, not high crime. Their homicide rate per 100k pop is about 8, barely above the US. For comparison, Jamaica is rated as the world's highest homicide rate at 53 per 100k, and all the top 10 are above 25 per 100k. Laos is barely above average.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/murder-rate-by-country

Maybe cure your own ignorance before projecting it onto others?

PS: Do you think you're the only person on lemmy raised in the 3rd world?

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