50501@50501.chatB to /r/50501 Mirror@50501.chatEnglish · 1 month 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 · 1 month agomessage-square43fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoThe English language does not. This comic wasn’t produced by the US flag code.
minus-squareFlexibleToast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down9·1 month agoBut it is about the flag…
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 month 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-down3·1 month agoIt makes no sense to correct someone when they’re wrong?
minus-squareOlhonestjim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 month agoIf you wish to correct an entire culture against using a common idiom, enjoy your uphill battle. Everybody says half-mast.
minus-squareAlpha71@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoIndeed, I’m half mast right now…
minus-squareOlhonestjim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 month agoIt’s ok to just let some things go.
minus-squareFlexibleToast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month 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-squarejumping redditor [they/them]@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 month 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.
Indeed, I’m half mast right now…
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.
yes, the funny textile with graphics that is commonly associated with polls. your point being?