[–] 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

So, friendship here is a noun in the singular form, which calls for the use of the third person singular, is, not are. Friendship between girls is so beautiful. Unless you're referring to the girls being beautiful, in which case you're right in both cases.

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  • [–] 33 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    In Norway a guy uniniozed a McDonalds in Stavanger, he got called in to the main office and accused of a whole bunch of nonsense so they could fire him, but he could document or refute all of it. Meanwhile the big shot from the union just sat there while he defended himself. Finally, the meeting over, the union guy got up and said: if you fire him, we will sue you until there's not a fucking cheeseburger left in all of Norway. And the McDonald's lawyers went pale, and that was the end of that.

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  • [+] -7 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Is he racist, or just a blondophile? I find certain qualities in a woman attractive, if one of those qualities was curly hair, would I be racist towards east Asians who have straight hair? I mean, if the dude posted "this woman is ugly and unattractive cause she is dark skinned" then yeah, racist. But... "I'd prefer her as a blonde", is that racist?

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Hang on a minute. That would indicate that ladybugs, or the divine mini-bovine, was likely named after the domestication of cows, since cows being an easy go to for naming something without name. Which has some interesting implications for the development of European languages. The indo-European group that moved west likely would have with them domesticated cows when they named the ladybug. Which means either it wasn't worth naming during the thousands of years of human language when humans were hunter gatherers, or the ladybugs were not native to the area the cow-domesticators came from. Or am I missing something?

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  • [–] 36 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    Ever seen good old Babylon 5? When the corrupt president seizes the media and uses it for propaganda etc. There are still good people in the media, but they can't be openly critical or they will be removed. Subtle jabs like this are pretty much all they'll be willing to risk.

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