OceanSoap

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[–] OceanSoap@lemmy.ml -2 points 3 months ago (3 children)

What human rights do we restrict?

[–] OceanSoap@lemmy.ml -4 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Our government is only unstable in that mass fraud is being exposed.

Our government is not authoritarian or totalitarian.

We do not restrict human rights.

The side that promotes terrorism is not in power.

Can't say much about WMDs, most countries do.

Our foreign policy as it currently stands is not dangerous to others, though, there is danger in going against the globalists. I'll give you that it's unpredictable, but I think that's good, considering where predictable under Biden has gotten us.

[–] OceanSoap@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago

CAD for sure. I can pretty-up any substation drawing you throw at me.

[–] OceanSoap@lemmy.ml -1 points 3 months ago

Nah, we good.

[–] OceanSoap@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago

Every time i see one I have the intense urge to vomit.

[–] OceanSoap@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You're correct that it's not grammatically wrong, but a subtle semantic mis-match. Let's bring in the difference between "every time" and "whenever". While "when" and "every time" are interchangeable, "whenever" and "every time" are not. "Every time" is exact and without fail, while "whenever" implies unpredictability or indifference to the exact location.

"When (strongly implied every time) I go to the theater (exact location), I get popcorn."

"Every time (explicitly) I go to the theater (exact location), I get popcorn."

"Whenever (unpredictable, indifferent) I go to the theater (exact location -mismatch with unpredictability) I get popcorn"

Does that make sense?

[–] OceanSoap@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

Bill Gates would never lose out on $$ by banning access to use windows from Europe.

[–] OceanSoap@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago (3 children)

You've used it correctly! An incorrect usage would be:

"Whenever I go to the cinema, I get popcorn."

[–] OceanSoap@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

Once people catch onto your website and find out you can actually predict death on some people you'll also become rich, so that's nice.

[–] OceanSoap@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago (5 children)

The now ultra-common usage of "whenever", when they actually mean "when".

I can't fucking stand it. But it's everywhere now. I have no idea how it got so common but I'm surrounded by people who use it incorrectly.

[–] OceanSoap@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

NJ would like a word with you.

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