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plemer
1y ago
Millennials don't watch TV.
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1y ago
I get it, but have you reviewed high-quality sources or actually tried the product? Association fallacy: “You know who else was a vegetarian? Hitler.”
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1y ago
In what way do you think Colbert sold out?
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1y ago
Or maybe many did genuinely enjoy RR but you just weren’t the target audience? If it was created to combat the summer reading slump, it likely wasn’t targeting already avid readers. FWIW, though, my experience was similar to yours: I read a
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plemer
1y ago
Then you and he have different preferences. But also, if you value appearance, perhaps invest in looking great while not wearing a suit.
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1y ago
I cherish your pedantry. If not here, where?
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1y ago
Would you mind identifying a few of the "smuggled presumptions"?
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1y ago
Then we agree.
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1y ago
Passive voice often adds length, impedes flow, and subtracts the useful info of who is doing something. Examples: * Active - concise, complete info: The manager approved the proposal. * Passive - wordy, awkward: The proposal was approved
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1y ago
Sorry - I was making a joke that I literally was typing in those words, not replacing them with my own info. Apparently that didn’t land at all, maybe should’ve used quotes.
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1y ago
Theirusernameinitsppace@gmail.com bounced too.
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1y ago
OK, lay it on us.
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plemer
1y ago
But minimal determination over their own lives. Thank God for cheap LCDs, though.
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plemer
1y ago
Foster?
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plemer
1y ago
You loathing others’ preferences /= them self-loathing. Presumptuous and insulting.
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plemer
1y ago
fair point
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plemer
1y ago
Could be either. Nevertheless, while tone is tricky in text, the writer is responsible for relieving ambiguity.
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plemer
1y ago
Netanyahu’s actions endanger Jews. The rest of the world sees this for what it is. No one believes you. Disgusting.
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1y ago
The best reading I've found is from Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), Ireland’s national public-service broadcaster. [1] It's treated more as a play, one part per actor. It's special - my closest other experience is watching Sha
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plemer
1y ago
Unhelpful
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1y ago
That’s nice, but what’s their incentive to build? Unless we’re just going to start decreeing the products we’d prefer.
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plemer
1y ago
Pay it forward
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1y ago
Can’t even explain what Sly means to me. Grew up on him, singing with my brother and sister in the back seat. He was summer, he was courage, he was jubilation. And his music still is. RIP.
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1y ago
Second best time is now
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plemer
1y ago
You won’t find perfection anywhere
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But that’s where “we’ll get it post” comes in. The shot is just the starting point. That said, directors shoot v differently - some will do literal hundreds of takes and still do plenty of post, others will shoot max three takes and send to
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1y ago
Speaking as a drummer: yes, it’s completely different. The movements of a drummer are part of a single coordinated and complementary whole. Carrying on two conversations at once would be more like playing two different songs simultaneously.
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1y ago
Cheaper products is a very narrow definition of luxury.
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1y ago
“Submarines”?
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1y ago
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