Is Bolsonaro still hiding out in Florida or did he return to Brazil?
xmunk
joined 2 years ago
Eh - I thought dash was a pretty reasonable symbol for "There's a contraction here" I don't really care about the actual symbol as long as we stop using the same symbol for contractions and possessives. In my sample It-s would currently be written It's and the it's (a possessive) would be its if that's what you're asking.
Possessives always get an apostrophe outside of weird exceptions where they clash with contractions. I'm proposing we fix that. Also - let's bring back mass possessions like "At the bake sale Moms' baked goods are always delicious"
Why did/do sites such as the pyramids in Egypt or the Roman colosseum end up in an abandoned state, only to be "rediscovered" later?
The pyramids mostly take care of themselves - most of the Roman sites were destroyed because people needed stone, and its easier to get pre-quarried stuff than dig it out of the ground yourself.
Our reverence of past architecture is a pretty modern trend - and the amount of work it'd take to keep repainting and gilting these ancient buildings is unreasonable if they aren't useful.
The materials being repurposed is pretty awesome though, it sucks to lose old buildings but being able to reconstruct where stones from a given ended up going and them receiving care and maintenance in their new homes is better than the material being outright destroyed... and it helps weave history into our everyday lives.
One interesting debate you can follow right now (ish, it's mostly been settled) is the repatriation of totem polls that were stolen from Haida and Coastal Salish peoples... there was a debate about trying to preserve them in museums or returning them to the tribes where they'll serve their purpose and weather away to nothing. A takeaway from this discussion is that, if you have nothing else, it's not a bad idea to try and preserve items so that future people can appreciate them... but there are also active totem carvers alive and passing on the knowledge today - it's better to provide funding to keep the artform alive.
I think it's a great idea not to idolize strangers. You say you liked Elon but folks in tech have always known he's a piece of shit and some of his oldest "friends" (i.e. Thiel) fucking loathe him.
Wealth, generally, fucks people up so it's good to avoid the wealthy and famous as a default rule...
Why not appreciate people around you, friends, family, your mail folk - these people are much more impactful on your life and their kindnesses in your times of need have the potential to be life saving.