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We have a linguistic pet peeve thread? Where?
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Beijing home price slide fans China property sector alarm
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So there's some kind of water slide, that people can slide down on, and there's a mechanism that catches the kinetic energy of the people sliding down the slide, and that mechanism powers a device that sounds an alarm whenever there's trouble in the Chinese property sector?
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Is it advice on slashing the costs of consultants generally or advice on the cost of consultants who specialize in downsizing?In the Random Thread, Raphael wrote: ↑Fri Dec 22, 2023 2:20 pm One of the best headlines of the year (found it via someone on Mastodon):
Frome the Globe and Mail
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politic ... onsulting/
Ottawa paid nearly $670,000 for KPMG’s advice on cutting consultant costs
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I feel like it's necessary to read the whole article to understand the headline. Is it the residents' own toaster that shakes?
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It must've been on the old forum.
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Wikipedia, desperately in need of a comma:
The Jena Band [of Choctaw Indians] was isolated until the 1950s on Whatley and Bowie lands, having limited contact with area whites because of Choctaw determination to maintain their community and discrimination.
I did it. I made the world's worst book review blog.
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Move it on a generation, and you'd think they were trying to maintain discrimination against their freedmen!Moose-tache wrote: ↑Wed Dec 27, 2023 1:12 am Wikipedia, desperately in need of a comma:
The Jena Band [of Choctaw Indians] was isolated until the 1950s on Whatley and Bowie lands, having limited contact with area whites because of Choctaw determination to maintain their community and discrimination.
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Found this on Bluesky - a sign at the University of Aberdeen:
Don't Be Tempted To Cheat
Do you know what academic integrity is, and how to avoid it?
Don't Be Tempted To Cheat
Do you know what academic integrity is, and how to avoid it?
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At the post office today, I saw a sign reading
SHIP GREEN WITH
READYPOST PACKAGING
But at first I only glanced at it, and my brain said "Did that say shitpost?"
SHIP GREEN WITH
READYPOST PACKAGING
But at first I only glanced at it, and my brain said "Did that say shitpost?"
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From the Beeb: Japan: Man sentenced to death for Kyoto anime fire which killed 36
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This one from NPR is kind of a crash blossom: New 'Washington Post' CEO accused of Murdoch tabloid hacking cover-up
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Tiger Moth Jams Bat Sonar
(I actually didn’t find this one very confusing, but apparently some other people did.)
(I actually didn’t find this one very confusing, but apparently some other people did.)
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So the tiger moth took part in a jam session, and one of the songs it played was called "Bat Sonar"?
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No, that would be stupid.
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I want to make this a song title now.
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It would probably be a very high-pitched song…
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I just saw a pretty good one, I think: Biden inches away from Netanyahu as Israeli PM fails to heed US on Gaza.
1) Biden is moving away from Netanyahu, slowly and gradually;
2) Biden's position is right next to Netanyahu, nearly touching.
1) Biden is moving away from Netanyahu, slowly and gradually;
2) Biden's position is right next to Netanyahu, nearly touching.