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  • Linguistics

    In UK English, it’s considered proper to write “the 6th of March” as “6 March” and sometimes read as “6th March” which can be jarring to Americans as their shorthand is “March 6th” and when “6(th) March” is encountered in written form, it’s expanded to the full “6th of March” when spoken

    That doesn’t mean this won’t be yet another feature American English absorbs from UK English but right now flipping them in speech requires a few extra syllables and people are lazy







  • The challenge isn’t finding counter examples, it’s limiting the narrative of history to have a simple “good/bad divide” but here are some selections of underdogs one may consider the greater of two evils:

    • The confederacy (US Civil War)
    • Caesar’s army crossing the Rubicon
    • Imperial Japan post Pearl Harbor
    • Pakistan’s complicated history with India
    • King Leonidas and his men (Persia was arguably more equitable)
    • Austria-Hungary (WW1)
    • Fascist Italy (WW2)

    As for David and Goliath, keep in mind David was using a sling, a weapon that can hit with the same force as a modern revolver when used properly. It’s entirely possible that story is an allegory and/or propaganda of the value of properly equipping one’s armies; it probably shouldn’t be viewed as anymore impressive than a rampage killer fatally wounding somebody twice their size



  • Were they kicked out solely for having a differing opinion? Then it’s indisputably an echo chamber

    Do the members seldom here opposing opinions outside of strawmen arguments or the occasional troll? Then it’s a defacto echo chamber

    All organizations with common interests run the risk of becoming one, but the trap is particularly insidious for (and often weaponized by) online communities