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xigoi
xigoi @ xigoi @lemmy.sdf.org
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Why do people say things like "I didn't do nothing"?

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  • As a native speaker of a Slavic language, I hate that it works like this. It makes the language less expressive without providing any benefit.

    • Why do people say things like "I didn't do nothing"?

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  • They provide no benefit for comprehension while making it impossible to express actual double negation.

    • Why do people say things like "I didn't do nothing"?

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  • That’s a different kind of double negative, isn’t it?

    • Why do people say things like "I didn't do nothing"?

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  • And surprisingly, people speaking such languages as well as English can learn that each language works differently and use the correct form. (Speaking from personal experience.)

    • There's now a phenomenon where everyone's (including you) political beliefs are now visible to everyone within a 1KM radius, how fucked are you?

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  • Because most people on Lemmy secretly (or not secretly) wish they could murder everyone who doesn’t share their politics and are projecting this on other people.

    • How to Make Your First Loops Video

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  • Use it and love it, sure. But benefit from it?

    • I've noticed a lot of UK job applications use the American MM/DD/YYYY date format and some also say "resume" instead of CV. Does that annoy you if you're British?

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  • 7th Jan 2007 . You're welcome, now it doesn't really matter which order you put the DD/MM

    But do you write September as Sep, or Sept? I’ve heard that this is also a British/USA thing

    • I've noticed a lot of UK job applications use the American MM/DD/YYYY date format and some also say "resume" instead of CV. Does that annoy you if you're British?

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  • Do you also say “six, fifty and two hundred” instead of “two hundred and fifty six”?

    • Game forces you to accept selling your info to vendors before you can use it

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    • Why are brass and pewter always on the same side when they go to war?

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  • Why would they go to war when they can just chill and listen to some good metal?

    • Christmas Android for Girlfriend

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  • I have a phone with a 3.5mm jack and a micro SD slot, purchased about 2 years ago.

    • Do you want the murderer of the UnitHealthcare CEO prosecuted?

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  • If he’s guilty of a crime, why didn’t you sue him?

    • In case Copilot was too much work

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  • A lot of languages have this feature. Including ML, which is where Rust took many concepts from.

    • How would you process the fact that a new friend of yours is a cop? (USA)

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  • I feel bad for you. The imaginary world you live in must be really terrifying.

    • It's just so beautiful

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  • Of course. The bishop at h4 will be stunned at seeing this pro gamer move and won’t be able to capture the king.

    • Do You Ever Want To Use the Suction Tool That Dentists Have On Your Nose?

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  • What the fuck? Why does such a thing exist?

    • You have one (1) free teleportation that must be used within the next 24 hours or it disappears forever. Do you use it? Where do you go?

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  • I’ll walk into a park full of stoners, grab their attention and teleport home.

    • Jade

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  • Do we have an equivalent of r/ComedyCemetery here on Lemmy?

    • imagine spending hours of coding, planing just to make it a chromium extension app in disguised

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  • It’s sad that you prioritize “velocity” over user experience.

    • You are on death row, but get to play russian roulette: Would you rather?: (continue reading in post)

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  • By this logic, if you roll a die 1000 times, you have only a 1/6 chance to get at teast one 6.