It's really great if you like phones with extremely obvious points of failure. My wife had a zflip where the hinges got stuck and snapped, and they replacement they sent her had the flex cable inside malfunction to the point where it felt like the phone was going to melt. Two different ways to fail in the same spot. The future is here!
I'm saying the presence of an f at all affecting the pronunciation of the g is laughably arbitrary as all the evidence for it has the same exact root word and isn't enough to make it a rule.
It could also be that the most commonly used reference point is gift. That doesn't make it a rule, that makes it a reasonable assumption and it would be just as reasonable if your reference point was giraffe. What I'm saying is the only people who are wrong are the people that insist that they are the only correct ones.
I'd like you to point at the rule that's says G MUST be a hard consonant if F comes after I. You can just say you prefer it for arbitrary reasons instead of trying to justify it with nonsense, especially with 99% evidence for that claim would be different forms of the word "gift". :P
Afterward he would sip a gin and tonic while reading about giant giraffes. Absolutely gigantic. Ginormous even. It would always send him into a fit of raging laughter.
On a more charitable reading I can see that meaning, and I probably came off with a tone I didn't mean over text. I don't think its an effective approach for convincing opposition though and would ask folks tempted to to consider why what seems like simple math isn't so simple for people focusing on a different variables.
But no, not deliberately misunderstanding and I appreciate your input.
Did you mean to respond to somone else? I've been trying to go out of my way to say this isn't a rebuttal to the argument. No one's rhetoric is perfect, and even if someone's advice doesn't resonate with you there might be a kernel of something you can use to improve it in other ways.
I wasn't even denouncing the core of your argument, it was purely the characterization you made of them. Everyone views their own opinions as the right ones, so "spend[ing] your effort screaming at the ones who want to dismantle the orphan crushing machine"(your exact words) is about as fair of a characterization as "beg the accellerationists to help reduce the amount of murder happening in general" for instance. I'm not saying that either one is the truth. I'm not saying you are wrong or adding my own view on the issue itself. I'm saying that I think you could make it more convincing by leaving that characterization out.
It's a little wild to tell someone they should spend this energy doing something about it instead of writing when you wrote more than them just to say it. It rings pretty hollow. Not saying this to tell you you're right or wrong, just some constructive criticism. Stick to the substantial arguments if you really want to change minds.
It's really great if you like phones with extremely obvious points of failure. My wife had a zflip where the hinges got stuck and snapped, and they replacement they sent her had the flex cable inside malfunction to the point where it felt like the phone was going to melt. Two different ways to fail in the same spot. The future is here!
I unironically love the designs on them
Yeah but we're talking orders of magnitude between the price of any car and the price of any lightbulb. EVs are more of an investment than lightbulbs.
Why would they call it Excel if it didn't EXCEL over the rest?? Checkmate DORK
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Not as much of an investment as an EV
Are you saying everyone in the US does that?
I'm saying the presence of an f at all affecting the pronunciation of the g is laughably arbitrary as all the evidence for it has the same exact root word and isn't enough to make it a rule.
It could also be that the most commonly used reference point is gift. That doesn't make it a rule, that makes it a reasonable assumption and it would be just as reasonable if your reference point was giraffe. What I'm saying is the only people who are wrong are the people that insist that they are the only correct ones.
I'd like you to point at the rule that's says G MUST be a hard consonant if F comes after I. You can just say you prefer it for arbitrary reasons instead of trying to justify it with nonsense, especially with 99% evidence for that claim would be different forms of the word "gift". :P
Afterward he would sip a gin and tonic while reading about giant giraffes. Absolutely gigantic. Ginormous even. It would always send him into a fit of raging laughter.
Charging.
Gotta love Mr. Goldberg.
Look at this graph
Usually in the context of profit milking by shareholders influencing that decline.
Where exactly?
On a more charitable reading I can see that meaning, and I probably came off with a tone I didn't mean over text. I don't think its an effective approach for convincing opposition though and would ask folks tempted to to consider why what seems like simple math isn't so simple for people focusing on a different variables.
But no, not deliberately misunderstanding and I appreciate your input.
You're welcome, and thanks for taking my words in good faith. Even if what I said doesn't resonate with you, I hope you manage to have a good day.
Did you mean to respond to somone else? I've been trying to go out of my way to say this isn't a rebuttal to the argument. No one's rhetoric is perfect, and even if someone's advice doesn't resonate with you there might be a kernel of something you can use to improve it in other ways.
I wasn't even denouncing the core of your argument, it was purely the characterization you made of them. Everyone views their own opinions as the right ones, so "spend[ing] your effort screaming at the ones who want to dismantle the orphan crushing machine"(your exact words) is about as fair of a characterization as "beg the accellerationists to help reduce the amount of murder happening in general" for instance. I'm not saying that either one is the truth. I'm not saying you are wrong or adding my own view on the issue itself. I'm saying that I think you could make it more convincing by leaving that characterization out.
Damn mandolin locked me out of my phone.
It's a little wild to tell someone they should spend this energy doing something about it instead of writing when you wrote more than them just to say it. It rings pretty hollow. Not saying this to tell you you're right or wrong, just some constructive criticism. Stick to the substantial arguments if you really want to change minds.