I often use tone tags, so in their absence, try to interpret everything I say as literally as reasonable.

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  • YTG123@sopuli.xyztoScience Memes@mander.xyzPSA: Libraries
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    3 months ago

    A new public library place recently opened very near to where I live. I’ve nothing to say, am just a bit comforted that when the world is crashing and burning, at least I can be happy about this.

    Also some libraries provide 3D printers which is really cool

    edit: I didn’t notice how many people were commenting about 3D printers



  • YTG123@sopuli.xyztoScience Memes@mander.xyzLinguistics
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    4 months ago

    That has to do with the definition of what a word even is (an open problem!). “Alot” is clearly made up of two separate units, but so is “anyway”. I think a lot of people don’t like this one because it’s simply unnecessary. You need “anyway” to show that the two words are not stressed separately, but treated as one unit, whereas with “a lot” this is already obvious (“a” is almost never stressed).
    Also has to do with English spelling just being bad, generally.