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Sleepy from a crazy but very good week. You pick the topics. I'll post more on Thursday morning.
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Turns out Artemis is a very young woman in an iron lung. She never went to school with other children, and has never been kissed by a boy.
Wow!
Crid [CridComment at Gmail] at June 26, 2014 7:58 AM
Easily Startled Woman Suing Over ‘Menacing’ Dexter Ad
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/06/easily-startled-woman-suing-over-dexter-ad.html
Steamer at June 26, 2014 8:08 AM
Hi Steamer!
I totes love that "fairly near future." This is how Americans think of Canada and the other European nations. We know we have a problem here, and we're going take care of it, um, soon....Crid [CridComment at Gmail] at June 26, 2014 8:28 AM
According to Twitter, there's a soccer match between East Germany and the United States in half an hour, and it's at least possible that the teams will care enough to try to win.
But apparently they might both progress through the tournament anyway, so nobody's certain.
Because soccer.
Crid [CridComment at Gmail] at June 26, 2014 8:31 AM
> Easily Startled Woman Suing Over ‘Menacing’ Dexter Ad
Sigh, this is what happens when you indulge people's notions that 'triggers' constitute genuine formal causality.
Of course it could just be a money-hungry opportunist, but the only reason a court might entertain such claims is if members of the justice system were indoctrinated with the same flawed reasoning. Imagine what will happen when a generation educated by universities indulgently pushing the 'trigger warning' concept become the next generation of judges and prosecutors.
Lobster at June 26, 2014 10:19 AM
"people's" => "peoples'"
Lobster at June 26, 2014 10:19 AM
No, you had it right the first time.
If it's possessive, it's people's.
Conan the Grammarian at June 26, 2014 11:32 AM
Thank you, Mr. Grammarian. Hmm, you are correct.
Lobster at June 26, 2014 11:49 AM
Amy Alkon
https://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2014/06/advice-goddess-172.html#comment-4797249">comment from Conan the GrammarianFor a grammar podcast I love -- always interesting: http://www.alphabroadcast.com/shows/view/stop-grammar-time.html
This is by David Yontz, who copyedits my column. Any apparent errors that are in there are my doing, because he catches everything. I will sometimes choose to err on the side of rhythm and communicating best (and making dialogue sound real) over grammar, but Dave and I hash that stuff out after he goes through my column to make grammatical fixes.
And FYI, even when it sounds like a topic is something I already know, it's interesting (for example, most recently, dessert/desert/just deserts -- which is not spelled "desserts").
Amy Alkon
at June 26, 2014 12:01 PM
Guys, don't kid around with this stuff!
You GUYS....
Crid [CridComment at Gmail] at June 26, 2014 1:32 PM
> If it's possessive, it's people's.
Over the weekend there was this damsel in distress....
Crid [CridComment at Gmail] at June 26, 2014 1:36 PM
Oh, dear lord.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2014/06/26/infant_gender_assignment_unnecessary_and_potentially_harmful.html
I thought it was going to be about circumcision or the Hep vaccine.
ahw at June 26, 2014 1:45 PM
AHW, I tried, but lost interest after several paragraphs of wanton scenario-manipulation (and one page-obliterating pop-up) by Slate's coddled fuckbot editorial team.
So please answer two questions:
Crid [CridComment at Gmail] at June 26, 2014 1:56 PM
It was about the horrors of a doctor looking at external genitalia and declaring you a boy or girl, which sticks with you, like forever and ever and ever, dontcha know.
gooseegg at June 26, 2014 2:44 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQNNcXEvk7I
How Texting Mind Games Will Ruin Your Life
Lobster at June 26, 2014 5:05 PM
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