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256bits replied to the thread Collection of Lame Jokes.Well oops. I gave a smilie in the Today I Learned posting. :smile: -
TIL of an eggcorn. An eggcorn is much like a mondegreen, except that the substituted word doesn't cause the phrase to stop making...
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buck. Buck naked. 'butt naked' is likely a mondegreen eggcorn*. :smile...
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256bits replied to the thread Collection of Lame Jokes.Butt is a handy word to have around. Multifaceted, it can be a noun, verb, adjective, anything it wants to be. It tells its best...
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Today I learned that in Germany one can be criminally charged for water butt theft. This ‘murrican also learned what a water butt is...
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Except that 'IRL' people has only one physical presence and that natural limitation will severely hinder everybody in doing plenty of...
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256bits reacted to Ken Fabian's post in the thread Study: Social media probably can’t be fixed with
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Freedom of speech looks different to freedom of 'the press'. The latter is the freedom of press owners to promote their views widely... -
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So far I agree. But hold on. Two things. In my earlier posts, I thought we were talking about social media platforms like Facebook or...
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256bits replied to the thread Study: Social media probably can’t be fixed.Cute phrases are only cute in their own context, outliers proving the exception rather than the rule. "The early bird gets the worm"...
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256bits replied to the thread Study: Social media probably can’t be fixed.That could be a third way to regulate content - direct nationalisation of the media industry - so that only messaging supportive of the...
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256bits replied to the thread Study: Social media probably can’t be fixed.For the general public, is this it? Voltaire — ‘I may not agree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to...
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256bits reacted to collinsmark's post in the thread Study: Social media probably can’t be fixed with Like.
But you must agree that even outside of law enforcement/government, "rules of society" dictate that words and actions do have...
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256bits replied to the thread Study: Social media probably can’t be fixed.exactly. Yet how many people actually know the laws of the land, and where and where not they can be applied. Boorish behavior gained...
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256bits replied to the thread Study: Social media probably can’t be fixed.Because it is a catchy phrase, and who can be against free speech. And by 'rules of society' I do not mean only those written down in a...
