this post was submitted on 17 Mar 2024
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[–] [email protected] 76 points 6 months ago (3 children)
[–] tautalas 52 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Blame me, and others like me. I wouldn't click

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago

True. But, you can do both

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

What'd be cool is if when you enter a URL the lemmy interface lets the poster choose an image or even cropped region from the linked page.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I know an url is grammatically correct, but for whatever reason it doesn't sound right.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Is it? I would think it's 'a', not 'an' because it's "a you-are-el" (English is not my native language).

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Yup, that's correct. It doesn't matter that it begins with a vowel, what matters is if it sounds like a vowel. Likewise, "an university" and "a hour" are both incorrect.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This is still salvageable by pronouncing it as "an earl".

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

Well, I'm sure at least some person out there pronounces it that way, but I've certainly never met one!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Try with Europe. Its a European not an European

[–] [email protected] 33 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I hate, hate hate that english news headlines don't write "and". It's barely longer than a fucking comma, what's the point?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Also When They Capitalize Every God Damn Word Like This!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Isn't that.. Just like... How you write titles and names?

I think it would look wrong if the title didn't use title casing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

i vOTE tHAT iF wE wANT tO gET pEOPLE'S aTTENTION wE sHOULD wRITE hEADLINES lIKE tHIS iNSTEAD

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

search engine ellipsis

[–] solidgrue 14 points 6 months ago

TSA still won't let them through, but the airlines will be more than happy to sell you a small tool kit containing a 6oz ball peen hammer, pop rivet gun, an assortment of rivets, flat & Philips #2 screwdrivers, and a 3m roll of duct tape. They'll be available on the service card for $28 (please make sure you have the latest version of our app, and have a credit card on file!)

Also, they'll be passing along a new Enhanced Egress cabin fee for upgraded deplaning experience.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago

Could I also bring THE SHOVEL?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

Torque wrenches are still banned, of course. You could really bean somebody with one of those.

[–] PMFL 5 points 6 months ago

Top, sad but so well put! 🤣

[–] CEbbinghaus 3 points 6 months ago

This had me crying. Boing is going to hell in a hand basket. The rate at which troubles with Boing planes are appearing is alarming