YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago‘I can’t believe we’re having this conversation’: the states pushing for 14-year-olds to serve alcoholwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square185fedilinkarrow-up1999arrow-down123
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minus-squareirmoz@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years ago…no? That’s why the word “nightmare” is there. If it were solely being blamed on capitalism, they’d just say “that sounds like typical capitalism”. It’s like the “toxic masculinity” argument all over again. No, saying “blue coat” does not mean all coats are blue.
minus-squareSuperSleuth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agoOkay brother. If you’re going to be pedantic I’ll just stop here.
minus-squareirmoz@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 years agoYou call that pedantic? That’s a pretty major detail to ignore, dude. Sounds to me like you just saw the word “capitalism” in a negative light and abandoned all reason. If you can’t figure out how adjectives work, go back to English class.
…no? That’s why the word “nightmare” is there. If it were solely being blamed on capitalism, they’d just say “that sounds like typical capitalism”.
It’s like the “toxic masculinity” argument all over again. No, saying “blue coat” does not mean all coats are blue.
Okay brother. If you’re going to be pedantic I’ll just stop here.
You call that pedantic? That’s a pretty major detail to ignore, dude. Sounds to me like you just saw the word “capitalism” in a negative light and abandoned all reason. If you can’t figure out how adjectives work, go back to English class.