this post was submitted on 03 Jan 2024
71 points (100.0% liked)

the_dunk_tank

15681 readers
225 users here now

It's the dunk tank.

This is where you come to post big-brained hot takes by chuds, libs, or even fellow leftists, and tear them to itty-bitty pieces with precision dunkstrikes.

Rule 1: All posts must include links to the subject matter, and no identifying information should be redacted.

Rule 2: If your source is a reactionary website, please use archive.is instead of linking directly.

Rule 3: No sectarianism.

Rule 4: TERF/SWERFs Not Welcome

Rule 5: No ableism of any kind (that includes stuff like libt*rd)

Rule 6: Do not post fellow hexbears.

Rule 7: Do not individually target other instances' admins or moderators.

Rule 8: The subject of a post cannot be low hanging fruit, that is comments/posts made by a private person that have low amount of upvotes/likes/views. Comments/Posts made on other instances that are accessible from hexbear are an exception to this.

Rule 9: if you post ironic rage bait im going to make a personal visit to your house to make sure you never make this mistake again

founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
 

https://nitter.net/CaelanConrad/status/1742254305326047517

Not 100% sure the cw was necessary but played it safe

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

"Them is not singular", and not "Them are not singular"?

Which makes more sense, "the yolk of the egg are white" or "the yolk of the egg is white"?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

something is wrong with that yolk

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Actually white yolks are pretty common in organic or free roaming chickens, or from areas where corn and alfalfa are not as large a part of the feed

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

ooooooh interesting!!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They're not even good at being pedantic. It should be '"them' is not singular," with single quotes around 'them.' The sentence means to refer to the word itself, not the concept the word points to: Paris is a city in France, but 'Paris' has five letters. Philosophers call it the use/mention distinction; getting it right eliminates a lot of confusion when you're switching between talking about words and talking about concepts.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

Ceci n'est pas un pronom.