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Depends which instance you’re on!
Depends which instance you’re on!
mostly British
No, mostly not British. Only proper cockney geezer really.
“The car wants washing” is fine, thankfully I’ve never heard anyone north or south say “The car wants washed”, which was OP’s concern
I’d say the suppression of ain’t is perfectly rational unless you want to sound like a cowboy
I’ve seen this posted a few times but I could never find a source. I think this is just what people want to believe!
Short answer: tech companies are still companies doing business, so they hire business people who do stupid business things.
Fair point, I read OP’s comment as saying everyone in this shop is buying the ludicrously expensive models, re-reading it’s not clear if that’s what they actually meant
Luxury computing devices are the same as basic cooking tools, you’re right!
If the poor families are buying $1000 iPads then I don’t think they’re that poor
Lord of the Rings OST by Howard Shore
Then what the fuck are you doing here? You seem to be obsessed with the guy, are you mad that we don’t care about him as much as you or what?
I misread OP’s comment and thought they weren’t being quite so snarky
I’ve not needed to do it on Lemmy, he’s only mentioned in American politics communities, none of which I follow. You are seeing him everywhere because you are choosing to look in the places where people give a shit about him. Do you actually want solutions or do you just want to keep moaning?
Back on Reddit I think the only word I ever blocked was “Trump”, filtered out a lot of stuff I didn’t give a shit about seeing
Everywhere you look maybe
You just got Sturgeoned, your husband has been arrested for embezzlement
That was the stereotype in the west too, it only reversed when having a tan meant you were wealthy enough to have been on a summer holiday somewhere sunny!
That is kind of accurate though if you’re basing the story on history. Like if it’s Robin Hood or King Arthur then the nobles will sound posh and the peasants won’t.
Less of an excuse for it in high fantasy; I guess it’s a quick way to telegraph to the audience who’s who, but you’re definitely right that it reinforces traditional class stereotypes.
Isn’t this just a necessity of the storytelling medium? If the audience is English-speaking then they will appreciate a pun in English a lot more than a sign saying “this is an excellent pun in my made-up language, you wouldn’t get it though”. Even Tolkien basically says “this whole story has been translated into English”!
I don’t think it’s just federation, I believe for posts to appear in your instance’s All feed then at least someone on that instance needs to be subscribed to the associated community