• 👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.de
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    I enjoy that pollsters are starting to poll for what happens if Trump drops and Vance is the top of the ticket, while Washington republicans are trying to figure out how to oust Janky Douche.

    At this point I wouldn’t be completely surprised if that chair that Clint Eastwood shouted at a few years ends up on the ballot.

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        What’s delightful is that their whole… (waves hands frantically) thing1, takes all the most crucial tools off the table. Imagine this safety sign posted at the RNC:

        Absolutely NO:

        • compromising
        • back-tracking
        • changing your mind
        • making mistakes
        • wrong opinions


        All one can do from there is lie while doing one of those things anyway. At a certain point people are going to take notice, which just makes it worse.

        1 - Machismo? Rampant authoritarianism? Sociopathic narcissism? I can’t keep up.

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          1 - Machismo? Rampant authoritarianism? Sociopathic narcissism? I can’t keep up.

          Yes.

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      At this point I wouldn’t be completely surprised if that chair that Clint Eastwood shouted at a few years ends up on the ballot.

      That was 12 years ago :(

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      People told me that it was impossible for the Republican party to even concieve of replacing Trump. Yeah? How’s that going now, huh? Personally, I’m looking forward to Trump ripping the party in half.

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        That’s the problem when you have a bunch of narcissistic opportunities vying for power. Eventually, they start trying to push each other down the stairs…

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          And if we found the right lever to push them into destroying each other, we’d have a very effective way to fight fascism.

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        That’s where you’re wrong. The chair would actually have fewer felony convictions and rapes. Allegedly. I don’t know that chair personally. But the point is that “fewer” is the grammatically correct word for the point you’re making.

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          “Less” is going to become grammatically correct as it’s used more and more. It’s only a matter of time. There is no useful distinction between the two terms.

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            Very late to the comment, but I don’t think and don’t hope this is correct. There is a distinction - fewer is for things you can count, less is for a more abstract, less countable amount. I have fewer opportunities as I have less time. I’m just an old English major, but I like accuracy with language.

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              Yes, there is a difference, but as far as understanding what a person is saying, you can use them interchangeably. In what situation would you need to know whether it’s a countable or abstract amount?

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                Problems. “I have fewer problems than I did last year” means that I understand what my problems are or am tracking some of them and no longer have as many. “I have less problems than I did last year” is more vibes based and is a statement that this year seems to be going easier than last year went

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                  I’m fine with the “less” and “fewer” distinction only being relevant in formal settings. People need to give up on correcting “10 items or less” signs, though. The change is already here.

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                    Depends on whatever style guide and dictionary your work falls under, I suppose.

                    When I edited law reviews, we used Chicago Manual and Webster. We had secondary and tertiary references as well in case the primary was silent or vague. We also had our own list of style exceptions and preferences. But that’s law and policy writing.

                    On the grocery sign, or on things such as ads, that’s not writing, that textography. The rules don’t need to be formal on the sign. The word was chosen for space constraints. The word with fewer letters takes up less space. If all you do is read signage, fewer and less probably feel interchangeable. If you are reading law reviews and legal opinions all day, you recognize the number disagreement error, immediately.

                    The countable / uncountable element which creates the disagreement error comes from the dictionary. They are slightly different parts of speech even. Both are determinative adjectives but only one is comparative, by definition. Correct me if I’m wrong.