ClanOfTheOcho

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[–] ClanOfTheOcho@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

It isn't absolute. English is always evolving. What starts as two words may merge over time into a compound, or may not, or may exist in some grey area where either is acceptable. In the case of redshirt vs. red shirt, I think of the former as an individual concept, and the latter as a red individual concept. More specifically, the concept of a guy from Star Trek who gets regularly killed vs. a shirt that is red. But until a compound noun is widely understood and accepted, unless you're getting graded on your writing, either would usually be acceptable. As a native speaker, I couldn't even tell you if "hot dog" or "hotdog" is the more accepted spelling.

[–] ClanOfTheOcho@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Your Mars house will need pressurization, and some sort of airlock if you're planning on coming and going.

[–] ClanOfTheOcho@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

Eet's a race!

[–] ClanOfTheOcho@lemmy.world 18 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Boneheads. They initiated an entirely unnecessary conflict. They didn't see this as a possibility?

[–] ClanOfTheOcho@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Wow. It's been a long time since I've heard that one.

[–] ClanOfTheOcho@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)
  • Werther's Original. It's a candy.
[–] ClanOfTheOcho@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Sorry for the reddit link

[–] ClanOfTheOcho@lemmy.world -4 points 2 weeks ago

I mentioned the not reading the article so people would not waste their time citing facts from the article that may explain the headline that suggested billions social security numbers were leaked. I made no assumptions about missing addresses, as the headline didn't mention anything about missing addresses. I even mentioned that the event the article discussed was probably pretty bad -- definitely not a negative against the article's believability. I'm only guilty of judging a book by its cover, and in an existence of limited time, nobody has time to do any more than that except for limited exceptions. I did not choose to make this article an exception. The headline was mathematically deceptive, and my comment was about that. Nothing more.

If you see an article highlighting a breach of social security numbers and don't assume it's about the U.S., that's crazy to me.

[–] ClanOfTheOcho@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (7 children)

I was thinking it is almost its own form of stolen valor, but I'm not a vet, so my opinions remain just that.

Edit: "it" being to denigrate Waltz's honorable and valued service, in case that wasn't clear

[–] ClanOfTheOcho@lemmy.world -4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Like I said, I didn't read the article, but only Americans would have social security numbers.

[–] ClanOfTheOcho@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

It sounds like a bad breach, and I'm not arguing against that. I just want to point out my doubts that there were ever 2.9 billion Americans since the founding of the nation, let alone since social security numbers became a thing. Maybe if I bothered to read the article, it would make more sense.

[–] ClanOfTheOcho@lemmy.world 31 points 2 weeks ago (21 children)

But totally not stranded... -NASA, probably

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