abysmalpoptart

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[–] abysmalpoptart@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

I appreciate your reply and question. I think it comes across rude because the correction wasn't really necessary to understand the context of what was said, and it's even less of a correction and more of a personal preference. It doesn't add much to the conversation, which makes it seem more like grammatical pedantry. The fact that it wasn't entirely correct made it seem even more out of place.

For the record, I'm not accusing you of being rude, just identifying how the comment came across. I'm not assuming intent with your original comment and apologize if it seemed like I had.

[–] abysmalpoptart@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

I actually don't think this is correct. Whom is used when the unknown person is the object being impacted (to whom did you sell your car). In this sentence, "who" is actually referring to a person performing the action (the sentences "who questioned him?" And "where are those who questioned him?" Would use who, not whom. You wouldn't say "whom questioned him," but whom could be used to replace "him," such as "he questioned whom?").

As I alluded to above, you can usually see if it's who or whom by changing it to he/she (who) or him/her (whom). You may need to adjust the sentence slightly, but it will normally work. Above you need to remove the "where are those" portion to find the answer.

So I believe that your correction came across a bit rude, and I'm fairly certain it is also wrong.

[–] abysmalpoptart@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

To be fair, about that women's world cup team, if i recall correctly it was a PR move to play an exhibition match with those kids and they were not trying very hard to win. I don't think they would truly lose to U-15 if it was, for example, a tournament.

Your overall point has merit but i think that specific example gets overused a bit.

[–] abysmalpoptart@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

One of the finer points of something new is getting in at the right time. I have to imagine if you're a streamer and you force yourself to stay on your old game "for the fans," you could miss out on the shiny new thing that people care about. This could literally cost them money that they need for rent. I am confident that many streamers are not highly paid and depend on this income.

Don't forget, fans are fickle, corporations are fickle, everyone is fickle. I don't think any employee of a company should be loyal to that company if it is to their own detriment as that company will let their employees go if it needs to (better companies try harder, worse companies make worse decisions).

I don't see why a streamer should treat their career differently. Do what you think is best for you. Streamers don't owe me, the fan, and it doesn't do me any good for them to force themselves to play a game they're less interested in just to appease me.

[–] abysmalpoptart@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Half of all marriages, which include people who have been married multiple times. For example, if you have 5 married couples, 4 are on their first marriage and the last couple is on their 6th marriage, then on average 50% of the marriages in this scenario failed. But it doesn't apply to everyone in the same way. Some people even remarry the same person.

The median is much lower.

[–] abysmalpoptart@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Not a reddit fan anymore, but this makes me think of r/portugalcykablyat

[–] abysmalpoptart@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

They almost certainly changed the picture to the one that was using a filter to make it more blue. I'm fairly confident the earlier photo was easier to distinguish

Edit:

I'm being downvoted, but either this thread or another thread did literally use a different picture similar to this before.

https://images.app.goo.gl/VNi1HLeFWEPpex2S6

[–] abysmalpoptart@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

If you travel, you'll find very interesting combinations of flavors. As a few modest examples, I recently came upon paprika flavored and cheese and onion flavored Pringles, and awhile back i had sake flavored kit kats.

Travel more! Plenty of flavor experimentation going on

[–] abysmalpoptart@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

There are several under "unique tone" that actually seem.. Better?

[–] abysmalpoptart@lemmy.world 69 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I think the joke is that a dominatrix is meant to, well, dominate their client (sexually). Think like with whips and chains, for example. Unfortunately, everything in her house, even the ficus, dominates her. It's a bad first impression and she appears to be unfit for the role.

[–] abysmalpoptart@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Looks like a Milchkaffee, which is kinda like a cafe au lait

[–] abysmalpoptart@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

They're saying that allegedly, Christians are not big on voting, and this statement is meant to encourage those non voters to come vote just this once and everything will get better. Then you can go back to being a non voter.

I think.

Horrible wording no matter how you slice it, though.

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