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Thankfully it doesn’t say it all.
Media doesn’t report it all, just the parts that keep people scared.
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
You can use semicolons when listing things instead of commas, but that’s usually only for clarity when listing things with commas in them (e.g. “Last summer I visited Las Vegas, Nevada; Tucson, Arizona; Seattle, Washington; and Sacramento, California.”)
I’m mean, you’re not wrong about the semicolon usage but your example is absolute dogwater. I may be sleep deprived but why in Poseidon’s briny deeps would you use a semicolon to separate sentence fragments into their own phrases?!
e.g. “Last year, I went to Germany, Spain, Italy, and France; and ate schnitzel, ham, gelato, and olives.”
Because that was the usage I was describing. What you’re describing is just ordinary usage.
That comes with Premium Thakker;
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.
How can they when schools are so dangerous!?
Same as it ever was.
Truth
…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?
What are they referencing in the first instance?
If it’s the subway thing, I’m pretty sure you need four people to be a mass shooting.
Also don’t pull knives on cops.
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You could always try less than lethal weapons, like a Taser.
Oh wait, they did. Twice.
You could let the asshole go and not be a murderer
So he can threaten someone else with a knife? That dude was a time bomb.
Yeah someone could get killed if he got away! Oh wait …
Wild that people would suggest that if someone threatens the police with a knife they should decide to let them go.
Andy they would be screaming if he then proceeded to attack someone else.
Yeah, the intention is just to divide people.
In this wild and mysterious world, at least I know I can always count on Lemmy.ml to post biased comments.
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Nah, it feels good to call out the authoritarian propagamda spewing out of your instance.
I don’t think objecting to police brutality and summary execution is authoritarian. That’s more like the opposite.
That’s why I think this Goober literally just saw the instance and posted. didn’t even use a single braincell to actually think about what I said.
Yes, of course that’s not authoritarian, but it is probably authoritarian propaganda.
Thank you for proving my point dumbass.
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Assume much?
What is your deal, Atlantic Council warrior 😂
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I hate Lemmy.ml because it constantly spreads Kremlin propaganda.
I dunno, this looks more like a you problem than a lemmy.ml one.
A good reminder of the effort I’ve put in fighting authoritarian propaganda, thanks.
“Authoritarian” propaganda — priceless. How does imperial core boot leather taste?
- NAFO troll
- Bootlicking
- Bad Faith. Bootlicker.
- Racism/xenophobia
Did they wind up finding the knife? Last I heard they weren’t able to, which cast doubt on its existence.
If the dude was threatening the cops with a knife there’s no way they would have let the knife out of their sight. I doubt there ever was a knife, and if there ever was it sounds like they abandoned the weapon to go kill the guy.
Also don’t pull knives on cops.
and even more importantly: always believe whatever the cops say! :)
Hehe it kinda almost rhymes
