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Cosmicomical, (edited ) in What do you like about socialism?

What I like is that when there is progress, the progress is actually experienced by everybody and not just by a wider or narrower elite.

For instance, I love robotics but I can't stand that adding robots to society results in unemployment. You can't just let the owners scoop up all the capital gain.

RGB3x3,

I’d prefer the profits of robotics to be socialized rather than putting a limit on the jobs that can be eliminated.

Where’s our utopia where we don’t have to work to survive? Automation should make that a reality.

Nemo, in Corporate Censorship Bring You Here?

No, I came because of:

  • the removal of essential moderation tools
  • the insertion of ads and promoted content
  • the huge data requirements of the official app

So kind of the opposite of censorship. I came because there’s too much low-quality content.

LoveSausage, in So, who or what ruined Christmas this year?

That bald guy who started a online bookstore. But not to bad overall, WFH.

Sporky, in Corporate Censorship Bring You Here?

I left reddit because they got rid of the app I like (reddit is fun) and I absolutely can’t stand their app or new.reddit.com. Simple as that.

I was a power user in several exclusive subreddits (exclusive to heavy reddit users, not like the Lounge) but none of it outweighed how much I hate the UI.

I certainly got downvoted for opinions sometimes but I wouldn’t call that censorship.

Rozz, in What’s your go to driving song?

Open road song - Eve 6

Vanth, in Corporate Censorship Bring You Here?
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They killed 3rd party apps. Their official app was shit for normal user stuff and completely non-functional for moderator stuff.

I can’t even say “I left”. More like they removed my access.

Trainguyrom, in So, who or what ruined Christmas this year?

Christmas with my family we had a hard discussion about what kind of end of life care my grandparents need and how to get that setup. Then during Christmas with my wife’s family my brother in law who’s 40 and now responsible for 3 kids between himself and his ex-wife/girlfriend drank until he passed out on the floor of the garage. His oldest child was clearly disturbed by seeing him that way, but most of my wife’s family defended it because “when you’re surrounded by family is the best time to drink like that because you know you’re safe!”

On the upside, my family was surprisingly well-behaved for once, and never chewed out my kids for being too noisy even when they were visibly struggling as they played with the new musical toys

orbital, in What word do you always forget?
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I was going to answer this but I can’t remember.

A_A,
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Same here, I have that same word on the tip of my tongue and can’t remember it either.

NinjaTeensy, (edited ) in So, who or what ruined Christmas this year?

My girlfriend of 4 years decided to dump me.

Texas_Hangover,

Hopefully before you gave her her presents.

Sweetpeaches69,

That reminds me that one year, my cousin’s boyfriend got her a $1500 coffee machine, a flight of syrup and like a $500 giftcard to a local coffee shop for beans. Turns out, she was cheating on him with a woman at the time, and she broke up with him like 1 week later to be with her. It took all of us chewing her out to give the poor guy his present back so at least he could recoup the ~$2200 he spent.

Crashumbc,

Unless his was rich and I mean RICH, he was fucking insane for spending that much anyway.

NinjaTeensy,

We both gave each other a gift before it happened but mine did cost significantly more.

GreyShuck, in What word do you always forget?
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Ostention, which I occasionally use in its folkloric sense, is one that I can hardly ever bring to mind at the critical moment.

Assman, in What’s your go to driving song?
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No Sleep Til Brooklyn

DandomRude,
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Beastie Boys?

pewgar_seemsimandroid, in What's the consensus on swearing here

honestly less arguments

solitaire, in What’s your go to driving song?
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MilitantAtheist, in What's your automatic vacuum's name?
Vanth, in What word do you always forget?
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When to use “i.e.” versus “e.g.”. I have to think through the full Latin phrases every time.

commie,

I do, too, but that’s remembering, not forgetting.

andrew,
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My mnemonic is “for eggsample.”

quotheraven404,

I use “in essence” for i.e.

tomi000,

Example given

xor,

my mnemonics are:
e.g. = egxample, i.e. = in eother words

lars,

I think writers and readers both stumble over them. I avoid both altogether these days.

Vanth,
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That’s fair. Had an opportunity to use “e.g.” today but just said “for example” instead.

I had another interesting one. Reviewing a document someone else wrote that said an old thing was “grandfathered” in and the document didn’t apply to it. A Chinese-american coworker (who has been speaking English for decades) didn’t know that one, “grandfathered”. Another unnecessary term when “previously approved” or “previously authorized” would be so much clearer.

This is all reminding me of a Wikipedia article I stumbled on ages ago about people who want English kept “pure” to Germanic and early modern English roots. …m.wikipedia.org/…/Linguistic_purism_in_English. E.g. (lol), saying birdlore instead of ornithology, and bendsome instead of flexible.

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