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par·si·mo·ni·ous /ˌpärsəˈmōnēəs/ Learn to pronounce adjective unwilling to spend money or use resources; stingy or frugal. With respect, I don’t think that me
by Simulacra 6y ago
par·si·mo·ni·ous
/ˌpärsəˈmōnēəs/
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adjective
unwilling to spend money or use resources; stingy or frugal.
With respect, I don’t think that means what you think it means. We should work to remove ambiguity and threats to voting, not adding, and entrusting your ballot which is your most sacred right as an American citizen, to the Postal Service considering it’s history over the past 30 years, is far too dangerous for my taste.
- epistasis 6y agoModern usage of 'parsimony' has diverged significantly from that definition. Check out usages from the Cambridge corpus here: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/parsimony https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/parsimon... I encounter it almost exclusively in the context of statistical and machine learning. Voting by mail has proven exceptionally safe with extensive modern use, and greatly increases the safety of elections and democratic participation. All claims to the contrary are based in partisan politics and have no data to back them up. You are sorely wrong and pushing a purely political agenda.