Thankfully it doesn't say it all.
Media doesn't report it all, just the parts that keep people scared.
Don't forget depressed and helpless too. We survived a pandemic and a failed coup, we're pretty bad ass.
I don't think Prem Thakker's mastered semicolons quite yet.
sometimes in math textbooks they use semicolons when listing things. maybe prem thakker’s writing this post for the mathematicians
That comes with Premium Thakker;
How can they when schools are so dangerous!?
Semicolons can be used to list items that are more than just a word or two long, and may/may not contain commas. So if you're listing phrases contain commas, putting a comma between list entries would be confusing as fuck.
For example... I will list a few US capital cities, and their corresponding states: Albany, New York, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Sacramento, California, Houston, Texas...
Compare that to: Albany, New York; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Sacramento, California; Houston, Texas.
See? Much clearer.
I don't know if this person did it exactly correctly, and I'm not going to go back and read it again to check, but the idea itself is just fine.
Unless a lot has changed about semi-colons in the past 20 years.
Edit: I reluctantly went up to read it again, and it seems like the only thing missing would be a colon after "The combo of" and a comma before "really says it all"
I think the semicolons are correct too (though the colon you mentioned would add a lot of clarity). This grammar rule comes up infrequently enough that it can be jarring to encounter a semicolon before reaching the end of a properly formed independent clause.
Same as it ever was.
Or as we call it in America, Tuesday
...really says it all huh
No it doesn't. It doesn't say it all. All it says is that the author is addicted to the infotainment algorithms and fancies himself to understand EVERYTHING... and it's all bleak, all cynicism.
Nothing they said is false though... I don't know the exact cop shooting and school shooting being referred to, but those are pretty interchangeable, aren't they? Plenty of options there.
So should we just ignore societal issues because they're bleak? How has that worked out for us?
Welcome to Lemmy, enjoy the propaganda.
Truth
get out and stop paying taxes that finance policies you don't support.
there's plenty of other more affordable, beautiful places to live with all the modern amenities, plus the social services lacking in the US.
Getting to those countries is not exactly cheap or easy especially if the IRS is after you for tax evasion
It's a few hundred dollars to get to Asia, less to Europe, and usually less than $100 to fly from country to country after that for 3 to 6 months at a time, visa free or filling out a ten minute e-visa application.
stack that up against $1,600 a month for an apartment in the states, plus insurance and car payments and all that bullshit, traveling is the vastly cheaper option.
do not evade taxes, get educated.
If you live outside of the US for 330 or more days out of the year, you qualify for the FEIE, Foreign earned income exclusion.
you fill out one more IRS tax form at the same time as all your other tax forms, and you don't pay up to $120,000 in US income tax.
That's the US tax code and is in no way tax evasion.
Hehe it kinda almost rhymes
This is getting way too much arguing for a 4 day old post. I'm going to lock it.
