This headline is proof this newspaper convention is stupid. If they're so keen on holding on to this weird tradition of "saving space" in headlines for a medium in decline (print), just use an "&" symbol. It's much more recognisable, comma has a clearly defined function and they're misusing it.
Their tradition be damned.
Just my 2¢
The US lacks even the most basic consumer protections it seems.
In Australia, companies still try to give you the run around, but I am extremely confident this wouldn't fly here. Even though I'm not a lawyer.
If you literally can't get a hold of them, they're breaking Australian Consumer Law, that's a slam dunk to charge back the card and dare them to take you to your state's relevant tribunal that hears cases like this. It costs either like $70 to file, you can represent yourself easily, and if you're low-income, it's literally free.
They don't want to waste money on fighting you. If you're confident you're clearly in the right, it's very easy to get a company to back down.
This is a great time to remind everyone to take photos before and after getting a rental car, because otherwise it's your word against them.
It's a shame all the people most likely to go on about Nineteen Eighty-Four (the far right nut jobs), don't recognise this as Newspeak. And actively support their own oppressors.
What the actual fuck, what state is this?
It's SO funny how apparently for almost 20 years we (as in the west outside the USA) decided that using Chinese cloud platforms or networking hardware was dangerous and to be avoided, but private US companies? Nothing to see here!
Silver lining of the orange man is that maybe countries will wake up and smell the digital sovereignty that we sorely lack.
Do leftists universally hate crypto?
While I personally think the current cryptocurrencies out there are a bit shit (transaction fees and times on Bitcoin make it pretty useless as a currency), and I do think there is value in governments having control over a currency, I don't necessarily think currency itself is a left-right issue.
I guess unless you're the type of communist who doesn't want any currency at all (which personally, I'm not for, since I'd like people to be able to choose what they spend money on, to some degree, and work extra if they want to, to some degree, and currency fills that use case quite nicely)
Not sure why crypto-currency, as a concept, is necessarily conflicted with leftist ideals (as a nebulous group who don't agree on many things).
Nah it's most more of the world than just Americans this time
Until I used spell check I wasn't even 100% sure this spelling was made up
There's arguably much more support for that, than stopkillinggames.
But the political opposition to stopkillinggames is far less.
These two things overlap under capitalism, as doing right by your customers is only required if not doing right by your customers affects your profits.
We definitely want them to sweat.
Yeah all g, thanks for engaging with me :)
Back right pocket gang?
Apparently 30 roses is $200 AUD ($126 USD).
Florists making a killing today.
@gofsckyourself@lemmy.world
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21049862
The only numbers I will ever spell are one and zero, and only when using them as a pronoun, or for emphasis, respectively.
Is there ever a reason to not to use symbols when dealing with numbers? Why would "fourteen whatevers" ever be preferable to "14 whatevers". It's just so much easier to read numbers as symbols, not spelled out.
(Caveat, not including multipliers, like "273 billion").
The only numbers I will ever spell are one and zero, and only when using them as a pronoun, or for emphasis, respectively.
Is there ever a reason to not to use symbols when dealing with numbers? Why would "fourteen whatevers" ever be preferable to "14 whatevers". It's just so much easier to read numbers as symbols, not spelled out.
(Caveat, not including multipliers, like "273 billion").
How many times do you think about the Roman Empire per day?
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17405393
Its just easier
Indeed, and I personally hate it. "&" Is right there if they want to save space.
I really dislike when the reason to continue doing something is tradition, and that's what is going on here. It would be so easy to just start using "&" instead of commas, which outside this context are not used this way.
Get with the times, silly journalists.
(Just an extra gripe, that journalists are often really shitty at citing. "A report from XYZ organisation says" yes, which one? Y U DO DIS TO ME?)