orcrist

joined 2 years ago
[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 1 points 3 hours ago

Economic protests are important, but they are only one tool. On their own, they fail to stop anything.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 2 points 3 hours ago

Your rhetoric set you up, my friend. The answer to what? It certainly solves some problems.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 1 points 3 hours ago

How absurd. It's not about creating fear. It never was.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 8 points 21 hours ago

Um, subreddits remain because they still have subscribers. That's all.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 1 points 21 hours ago

Right. And the fines will continue, lol.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 5 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Not these days. In contemporary Japan at many companies, expecting employees to go for drinks with the boss is a kind of specifically noted harassment.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 8 points 2 days ago

That's true, but they got fined for their violations which they want to continue, and future fines are likely.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 22 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I love how the grand statement is made, but the conclusion was already true. In reality the Chinese government was ready for the tariffs, and they didn't panic, and that's true for most countries around the world.

Why didn't they panic? Because the US era of global economic dominance has ended. Other countries working together are more than capable of sustaining a stable global economy. They all know it. Everyone knows it except for some small percent of the American public who wants to hold on to American exceptionalism as long as possible.

And this is a good thing. It should not be the case for the globe that the US controls everything. It's just a bad idea in general, and it's certainly a bad idea under Trump.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago

The problem is not the actions. The problem is your mentality. If you're trying to train a human being, that sounds pretty f****** terrible. On the other hand, if you're trying to support for and care for them, it doesn't sound terrible.

Based on the wording, it sounds like the former, but perhaps you're just trying to make your post dramatic for the internet and the actual situation is more like the latter. We don't know, but you do, so act accordingly.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 11 points 2 days ago

I didn't see it, I have no idea what you're talking about.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Jeffries is trying really hard not to understand how bad he is. In the article he's quoted as saying something like it's because of Trump's policies that people are getting turned off. How intentionally oblivious is that. Everyone knows that it's hard to stop Trump when you're in the minority, everyone sympathizes with that. But everyone also knows you have a duty to try really hard, and you didn't try at all, and that's your fault. It's time for you to retire.

 

The website has been significantly updated since January when last mentioned here. Here is a working version as of April 20th. You can also find the ePub at archive.org, if a downloadable file would be better.

How do you feel about your writing? Can you communicate effectively on paper or with a keyboard? Do you write with style and impact? Do you write slowly or quickly? These are all questions that writers ask themselves. As with any pursuit, practice is essential. When in doubt, write more. Along with that, read more. Learning fundamental writing conventions and techniques are also important.

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I'm working on a website for high school writing (in English). If you want to take a look, and possibly offer feedback, feel free.

 

Here's Ozzy Man's critical analysis of Johnny Howard the Prime Minister buying back guns and crushin' them ay. It may have some relevance to current American events.

 

WINDER, GA—In the hours following a violent rampage in Georgia in which a lone attacker killed at least four individuals and injured nine others, citizens living in the only country where this kind of mass killing routinely occurs reportedly concluded Wednesday that there was no way to prevent the massacre from taking place...

 

Can you think of any titles from real journal articles or essays that are eye-catching?

I'm writing a document for high school students taking an English writing class, and rather than create my own examples, why not use real ones? Several of my students have expressed frustration, and I have some guidelines and brainstorming tools, but what I don't have are two dozen neat examples.

 

OSAKA – An American man known for streaming provocative videos has been arrested on suspicion of breaking into a construction site in Osaka, police said Friday.

Ramsey Khalid Ismael, 23, known as "Johnny Somali" on YouTube, was arrested with another American, Jeremiah Dwane Branch, 24, who says he is a university student, according to police.

Ismael's videos include those in which he makes light of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and makes racist comments about Japanese people.

The two men allegedly made an unauthorized entry into a hotel construction site in Osaka's Chuo Ward on Aug. 30 with Branch filming a masked Ismael at the scene, according to the police.

They have told police they will not speak until they see lawyers, police said.

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