No problem! The @ing does sound confusing, I think I’ll stop doing that.
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Formerly: @BertramDitore@lemm.ee
Formerly: @BertramDitore@lemmy.world
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“Gender war” might have been too strongly worded. But I, and clearly lots of other Lemmings, are especially sensitive to users who try to stir up unnecessary controversies about gender, or bring it into comments where it isn’t relevant. You might not have been trying to do that, so that’s my bad ratcheting up the rhetoric with “gender war.” But I read Arkouda’s comment and I didn’t even notice their use of “they” until reading your comment about it.
As others have said, I think you parsed the language a little too far. It’s perfectly acceptable, and sometimes preferred, to use generalities when offering advice. Re-reading it again, I frankly can’t see how it’s disingenuous at all.
I was responding to @Lev@europe.pub’s comment, and was trying to back you up (though it sounds like I failed). I agree with everything you said in your original comment, as well as the language you used to say it. The “wholesome comment” I was referring to was your comment.
The only thing I’ll take issue with is that I’ve been here for more than two years, I’m just on a new instance after lemm.ee’s shutdown.
BertramDitore@lemmy.zipto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•is co-sleeping really a problem?English191·2 days agoI feel quite silly explaining this, because it seems like you probably don’t want a real answer, but “they” is used when referring to a general group of people. @Arkouda@lemmy.ca was answering in a way that could be applied to anyone, including OP’s son. Why be exclusive when you can be inclusive? Why try to turn a wholesome comment into a gender-war?
BertramDitore@lemmy.zipto News@lemmy.world•US Announces Leaving UN Cultural Body UNESCOEnglish5·3 days agoYeah, even UNESCO knew he would pull out again, and they prepared for it this time.
From a different article:
“I deeply regret President Donald Trump’s decision to once again withdraw the United States of America from UNESCO,” Director-General Audrey Azoulay said, adding the move contradicted fundamental principles of multilateralism.
“However regrettable, this announcement was expected, and UNESCO has prepared for it,” she said.
In recent years, Azoulay said, UNESCO had “undertaken major structural reforms and diversified our funding sources”, including with private and voluntary governmental contributions.
BertramDitore@lemmy.zipto News@lemmy.world•Revealed: Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publicationEnglish212·3 days agoI hope everyone can see now, that higher ed in the US is only concerned with profits and maintaining its connections to those in power. It has been this way for decades, maybe always, but Trump’s terrorism against immigrants and anyone with a moral compass who can see what Israel is doing, has exposed it to the point that it has never been more obvious.
Harvard and Columbia, at the very least, have laughed in the face of academic freedom, shat in the face of morally justified outrage, and have made it perfectly clear that they have no business being in positions of academic, moral, or cultural authority.
Truly shameful.
BertramDitore@lemmy.zipto politics @lemmy.world•Why Is Trump Putting Makeup on His Very Normal Hand Bruise?English42·8 days agoIt sure looks like he tried to cover up a bug bite or some other kind of rash to me, but two things:
- Who the fuck cares about what T-bag’s hands look like? He’s an unhealthy elderly man.
- It’s just another example of how sad, disturbed, and insecure this fool is. When most people get a big bug bite on their hand, they just forget about it until it goes away. Maybe put a bandaid on it if it’s really gross. He’s such a deeply strange man.
BertramDitore@lemmy.zipto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What are some oasis-type locations or vignettes from video games?English2·9 days agoI loved coming across the various hot springs in Ghost of Tshushima, especially the ones that are really well hidden.
BertramDitore@lemmy.zipto News@lemmy.world•The 'Gen Z stare' is more than a TikTok trend — it's a real problem in the workplace and the job marketEnglish16·10 days agoAs I was reading this, I was thinking to myself, “Huh, this is written really badly. Huh, I’m pretty sure they repeated the same point a bunch of times. Huh, this sure sounds like bullshit LLM slop.”
Lo and behold, when I got to the end:
For this story, Fortune used generative AI to help with an initial draft. An editor verified the accuracy of the information before publishing.
So yeah, you should skip this story, it’s not worth your time.
BertramDitore@lemmy.zipto politics @lemmy.world•Obama’s blunt message for Democrats: ‘Toughen up’English202·11 days agoThis is exactly it. Unless we get really specific, this shit is more of the same middling platitudes, and different audiences will only hear what they want to hear. Seriously disappointing, and not at all helpful.
Ex-politicians like Obama (but not just him) need to shut the hell up unless they have PRACTICAL ideas that we can use. Someone like Obama should understand that his words have gravitas (love your username btw, fellow Banks fan I presume?), but his rhetoric goes straight in the garbage unless it’s backed by actionable ideas.
BertramDitore@lemmy.zipto News@lemmy.world•Camp Mystic’s leader got a ‘life threatening’ flood alert. They evacuated an hour later.English15·11 days agoThis is super helpful, thanks for the explanation.
BertramDitore@lemmy.zipto News@lemmy.world•Camp Mystic’s leader got a ‘life threatening’ flood alert. They evacuated an hour later.English994·11 days agoMuch of the camp was built in a high risk flood zone, a zone where building is strictly illegal in many states with responsible safety measures. Since Texas doesn’t give a shit about human life, they not only allow building in dangerous flood zones, but they clearly don’t have the infrastructure to make it even remotely safe.
The camp never should have been built there. This tragedy is exactly why planning for future risk when building something (especially something for kids, but that’s pretty much irrelevant) is not optional.
BertramDitore@lemmy.zipto News@lemmy.world•Clyburn praises Newsom as he hits the trail in South Carolina: ‘I feel good about his chances’English13·16 days agoClyburn arguably shares a big chunk of the blame for our current situation. He’s the reason Biden was resurrected from the bottom of the primary barrel, and why nearly the whole establishment fell in line overnight. Biden had almost no chance of winning the 2020 primary, until Clyburn.
So fuck this, fuck Newsom, and fuck the DNC’s inevitable force-feeding of a candidate nobody wants. They are incapable of learning the simplest lessons.
BertramDitore@lemmy.zipto politics @lemmy.world•How Zohran Mamdani Stunned New York and Won the Primary for MayorEnglish1·18 days agoMy bad, that part of the cross-post text wasn’t visible.
BertramDitore@lemmy.zipto World News@lemmy.world•Human trafficking on the rise as online scam hubs go globalEnglish6·25 days agoYeah honestly this has been one of my takeaways too, after hearing about these awful things a while back.
You never know what’s going on in the life of a stranger on the other end of a phone call, so respect and politeness is the best we can offer.
BertramDitore@lemmy.zipto News@lemmy.world•Murders are down nationwide. Researchers point to a key reasonEnglish46·25 days agoCovid is the reason, FYI.
But it’s of course way more complicated than just that, as they go into in the article.
They’re both really really close to perfect, and any native speaker would understand exactly what you’re saying with no problem, but I’d say them like this:
“I won’t be at my computer much today, I have to be somewhere.”
and
“It’s incredible how time flies! It will be Christmas soon!”
This is pretty disappointing to me. I know it’s kind of an unpopular opinion these days, but I really enjoyed Outlaws. It was just different enough from other Star Wars properties to be novel, but recognizable enough to be convincingly in the Star Wars universe. Sure some characters were a bit flat, missions were repetitive, and it didn’t invent a new revolutionary mechanic or anything, but does every game have to be groundbreaking? I got solid enjoyment out of it, and was looking forward to how they’d continue the story.