50501@50501.chatB to /r/50501 Mirror@50501.chatEnglish · 2 days agoShit is getting serious when /Comics lockdown stuff and start banning people that commented in it when it hit front page.r.50501.chatimagemessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1424arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1420arrow-down1imageShit is getting serious when /Comics lockdown stuff and start banning people that commented in it when it hit front page.r.50501.chat50501@50501.chatB to /r/50501 Mirror@50501.chatEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square43fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoThe English language does not. This comic wasn’t produced by the US flag code.
minus-squareFlexibleToast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down9·2 days agoBut it is about the flag…
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 days agoIt’s being spoken by an everyday person. That is a term that everyday people use. It makes no sense to take issue with it.
minus-squareFlexibleToast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·2 days agoIt makes no sense to correct someone when they’re wrong?
minus-squareOlhonestjim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 day agoIf you wish to correct an entire culture against using a common idiom, enjoy your uphill battle. Everybody says half-mast.
minus-squareOlhonestjim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-223 hours agoIt’s ok to just let some things go.
minus-squareFlexibleToast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 hours agoOr, I could just keep doing what I do and light heartedly point it out. What’s weird is everyone else seems to be taking this much more serious than I do.
minus-squareAlpha71@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoIndeed, I’m half mast right now…
minus-squarejumping redditor [they/them]@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·2 days agoyes, the funny textile with graphics that is commonly associated with polls. your point being?
The English language does not. This comic wasn’t produced by the US flag code.
But it is about the flag…
It’s being spoken by an everyday person. That is a term that everyday people use. It makes no sense to take issue with it.
It makes no sense to correct someone when they’re wrong?
If you wish to correct an entire culture against using a common idiom, enjoy your uphill battle. Everybody says half-mast.
Not everybody
It’s ok to just let some things go.
Or, I could just keep doing what I do and light heartedly point it out. What’s weird is everyone else seems to be taking this much more serious than I do.
Indeed, I’m half mast right now…
yes, the funny textile with graphics that is commonly associated with polls. your point being?