BigNote

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[–] BigNote@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Only in informal usage though. Formally, nonplussed means exactly the opposite as in "surprised and confused." If you want to sound smart/educated, don't use it in the sense of being "unsurprised." Especially outside of North America.

[–] BigNote@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

On paper, yes, but it's still a PR loss and not a good look. His followers obviously won't care, but it might tip some people on the fence, so that's a good thing.

[–] BigNote@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

And that's leaving aside the fact that he's not actually a billionaire.

[–] BigNote@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

US bald guys gotta stick together.

[–] BigNote@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

That's nowhere near as true as it once was. Most of your big well-supoorted distros run flawlessly on most big brand machines.

Where you'll run into problems is in using more obscure distros that require a lot of tweaking and customization, but something like Ubuntu should run beautifully out of the box and if it does have a problem it will be very well-known and heavily documented with easy to follow step by step instructions on fixing it. Linux just isn't the pain in the ass it used to be. Or at least it doesn't have to be.

[–] BigNote@lemm.ee -4 points 2 years ago

Obviously not referring to you.

[–] BigNote@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Don't bother friend. I know from long experience that they will insist on defining the terms of the discussion on their own, as if some whack job fringe theorist is somehow to be accorded the final word in adjudicating our use of language.

The problem therein is of course that when your opponent gets to set the parameters of meaning and discussion, you aren't really exchanging ideas on an intellectually even playing field.

I've pointed this out many times over the years, but it still hasn't taken with your true believers/idiots.

Long story short; don't waste your time; you aren't arguing with good-faith interlocutors.

They are playing semantic games and have no interest in honest discussion.

To them. You and I are simply uneducated morons who have yet to receive the true message.

[–] BigNote@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

That's a fair question. There's a reason why authoritarian nations don't have immigration issues, unlike virtually all of the west.

People aren't stupid; they can pretty easily see through nationalist bullshit and figure out which, if they have to leave their own country, are going to be the best countries to land in.

Guess what? Nobody wants to immigrate to Russia or China or Cuba or Venezuela. Full stop.

[–] BigNote@lemm.ee 39 points 2 years ago

You know, that actually makes sense. 14-year-olds. It would explain a lot about hexbears.

[–] BigNote@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ah yes, the tyranny of small differences. Let us tear each other apart over this trifling distinction.

Fact; fascism falls under the larger umbrella of authoritarianism.

[–] BigNote@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

You say that like it's a bug, not a feature.

[–] BigNote@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

And if you don't, you don't. That's precisely the point.

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