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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah I agree. That's why I said it was their ostensive goal. Their actual goal has only ever been profit.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

ah, now I get it. You meant ostensible goal

Edit: I also had to look it up )

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh huh TIL. I also looked it up, and it seems like a real doozy of a word. I had no idea. Looks some some dictionaries say that the two words are interchangeable, whereas others distinguish between them, and in the latter case, I used the wrong one. Language is fun!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

“'Inflammable' means ‘flammable’? What a country!”

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Haha, what’s this from again?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It’s a classic, from way back when The Simpsons was good.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks! Nice to reminisce.

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