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I think I posted it before but if you can get your head around enjoying Michael Jackson's music then you can watch a video from Beau and get something out of it (if you want).
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Apr 10, 2022 18:56
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Ugh I'm sorry too jeebus chrimbus
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Apr 10, 2022 20:06
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https://twitter.com/halbritz/status/1512926266827100167 https://twitter.com/StevenBeynon/status/1513115142049116165
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Apr 11, 2022 03:25
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Somewhere a sergeants major is seeing his elvis hair and is furious he can't yell at that staff sergeant.
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Apr 11, 2022 03:56
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I feel like long hair made it his life's mission to push the militaries more arbitrary rules and i applaud him lol. Just the constant don't break the box don't break the box! Im not in not!
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Apr 11, 2022 04:03
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Oh, I agree. But I know some CSM or SGM out there is melting down because they seemingly learn how to spot out of regs hair at sergeants major school. It's gotta be at least a week of classroom and a week of live fire range.
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Apr 11, 2022 04:08
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CRUSTY MINGE posted:Oh, I agree. But I know some CSM or SGM out there is melting down because they seemingly learn how to spot out of regs hair at sergeants major school. It's gotta be at least a week of classroom and a week of live fire range. from what this thread has taught me, thats a Sergeant's Major(does the possessive work the same as the plural?) primary purpose
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Apr 11, 2022 04:23
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... am I being gaslit? Since when is it Sergeants Major.
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Apr 11, 2022 04:30
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Does the major belong to the sergeant? Or is it sergeants' major being the major belongs to multiple sergeants?
lightpole fucked around with this message at 04:40 on Apr 11, 2022 |
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Apr 11, 2022 04:38
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Carteret posted:... am I being gaslit? Since when is it Sergeants Major. I've heard it both ways and seen it written both ways. I think if it's broadly plural, it's sergeants. Singular or individual, sergeant.
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Apr 11, 2022 04:47
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Those locks are incredibly easy to decode by putting tension in the shackle and finding position where each code wheel has the most slop. You could teach it to a monkey.
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Apr 11, 2022 04:52
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Platystemon posted:Those locks are incredibly easy to decode by putting tension in the shackle and finding position where each code wheel has the most slop. You could teach it to a monkey. So not Officers then? 
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Apr 11, 2022 04:58
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CRUSTY MINGE posted:I've heard it both ways and seen it written both ways. I think if it's broadly plural, it's sergeants. Singular or individual, sergeant. The full title would be sergeant major so the plural would be sergeant majors. Putting the plural at sergeants would indicate the major is separate or theres a comma (sergeants, major or major sergeants) if it was spoken. At least in English it would be a little funny to break it up like that. Or at least that's how I would read it but I'm basically illiterate.
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Apr 11, 2022 04:59
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lightpole posted:The full title would be sergeant major so the plural would be sergeant majors. Putting the plural at sergeants would indicate the major is separate or theres a comma (sergeants, major or major sergeants) if it was spoken. At least in English it would be a little funny to break it up like that. Bold assumption that English has to make any sense whatsoever, or actually have any kind of internal logical consistency. It's sergeants major, and I'm angry I still know that.
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Apr 11, 2022 05:04
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Diarrhea Elemental posted:Bold assumption that English has to make any sense whatsoever, or actually have any kind of internal logical consistency. I hate this language
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Apr 11, 2022 05:09
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https://twitter.com/paraga/status/1513354622466867201?t=lPgisWCjJtsEhc8OUzKmLw&s=19
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Apr 11, 2022 05:11
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RFC2324 posted:from what this thread has taught me, thats a Sergeant's Major(does the possessive work the same as the plural?) primary purpose a Sergeant Major's primary purpose the primary purpose of several Sergeants Major technically instead of that second one you can do an s-apostrophe plural possessive but in practice it's clearer writing to avoid that when dealing with postpositive adjectives
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Apr 11, 2022 05:15
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It is sergeants major. Major modifies sergeant. They are NCOs. Same with Sergeants First Class. And Privates First Class (you shorten it to “privates” rather than “classes” or “first classes”). Where it goes different is people saying the acronym. Everyone says “PFCs” not “PsFC” when speaking the acronym. Also courts martial. And Brothers Grimm. But the wrong version is spoken often enough that no one really calls it out unless in formal setting like writing a script for a ceremony or something. And years past as in “The mill stopped operations due to a mechanical failure several years past” rather than “several year pasts.”
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Apr 11, 2022 05:16
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lightpole posted:I hate this language
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Apr 11, 2022 05:27
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Cugel the Clever posted:Blame the French They are stupid too and have random silent s in their words. I tried to fight the system in elementary school and make the language make sense but I got in trouble and gave up.
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Apr 11, 2022 05:32
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Handsome Ralph posted:https://twitter.com/paraga/status/1513354622466867201?t=lPgisWCjJtsEhc8OUzKmLw&s=19 Hoo boy, I can already hear the FOX pundits getting triggered over this 
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Apr 11, 2022 05:38
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lightpole posted:The full title would be sergeant major so the plural would be sergeant majors. Putting the plural at sergeants would indicate the major is separate or theres a comma (sergeants, major or major sergeants) if it was spoken. At least in English it would be a little funny to break it up like that. The plural in the UK is sergeant majors. I hate that I googled it to confirm my suspicions earlier, but I thought it was something we carried over from the brits and was used the same. Turns out we're weird and moved the plural. But look at us, learning something. Even if it's pointless and dumb. I've given up on the apostrophe location, if any.
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Apr 11, 2022 05:44
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https://twitter.com/inrangetv/status/1512994321351340033?s=21&t=jK4pbZkE357ulpADvoMgXg  
Marshal Prolapse fucked around with this message at 06:18 on Apr 11, 2022 |
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Apr 11, 2022 06:14
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Marshal Prolapse posted:https://twitter.com/inrangetv/status/1512994321351340033?s=21&t=jK4pbZkE357ulpADvoMgXg Checkmate Davisites.
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Apr 11, 2022 06:25
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Defenestrategy posted:Checkmate Davisites.  
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Apr 11, 2022 06:40
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 https://i.imgur.com/tnwNb4A.mp4
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Apr 11, 2022 06:47
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Diarrhea Elemental posted:Bold assumption that English has to make any sense whatsoever, or actually have any kind of internal logical consistency. https://twitter.com/mbutyaka/status/1322426974107820032
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Apr 11, 2022 07:02
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mlmp08 posted:It is sergeants major. Major modifies sergeant. They are NCOs. Same with Sergeants First Class. And Privates First Class (you shorten it to “privates” rather than “classes” or “first classes”). What about for the Navy, Pettys Officer?
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Apr 11, 2022 09:04
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Elviscat posted:What about for the Navy, Pettys Officer? Officers, petty.
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Apr 11, 2022 09:32
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IPCRESS posted:Officers, petty. They sure are.
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Apr 11, 2022 09:34
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Petty is an adjective modifying officer, from the French "petit" meaning "not really". The analogy here is the "first/second/third class" part of the title, where the plural is "petty officers first class".
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Apr 11, 2022 10:13
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Diarrhea Elemental posted:Bold assumption that English has to make any sense whatsoever, or actually have any kind of internal logical consistency. The way I think of it is that a sergeant major is a sergeant, not a major. lightpole posted:They are stupid too and have random silent s in their words. French is such a terrible language that they spend large amounts of their time not pronouncing significant parts of it. A.o.D. fucked around with this message at 11:43 on Apr 11, 2022 |
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Apr 11, 2022 11:41
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Wingnut Ninja posted:Petty is an adjective modifying officer, from the French "petit" meaning "not really". The analogy here is the "first/second/third class" part of the title, where the plural is "petty officers first class". Petit means small, actually. Or little. Lieutenant is in lieu of. Then there’s the whole capitaine / commandant thing which ugh gently caress European French.
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Apr 11, 2022 13:03
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A.o.D. posted:French is such a terrible language that they spend large amounts of their time not pronouncing significant parts of it. To be fair, I also spend large amounts of my time not pronouncing French.
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Apr 11, 2022 13:09
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Handsome Ralph posted:https://twitter.com/paraga/status/1513354622466867201?t=lPgisWCjJtsEhc8OUzKmLw&s=19 So, reading between the lines, the lawyers sat Elon down and said "if you're on the board, you will be sued if you poo poo-talk Twitter online" and he chose poo poo-talking over actual governance. Whatever else he is, he is a poster's poster.
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Apr 11, 2022 14:29
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Notahippie posted:So, reading between the lines, the lawyers sat Elon down and said "if you're on the board, you will be sued if you poo poo-talk Twitter online" and he chose poo poo-talking over actual governance. Whatever else he is, he is a poster's poster. Apparently if you're on the board you can only buy up to a 14.9% stake in the company. The way the announcement from Twitter is phrased, this happened because Musk wants to buy even more of Twitter. Potentially a controlling interest! Wouldn't that be fun. 
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Apr 11, 2022 19:16
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Kesper North posted:Apparently if you're on the board you can only buy up to a 14.9% stake in the company. The way the announcement from Twitter is phrased, this happened because Musk wants to buy even more of Twitter. I haven't looked into Twitter in quite a while, is it still hemorrhaging money? Cuz I'm all for Musk sinking a ton of money into an overvalued tech company that can't figure out how to monetize its business. Hopefully one of these stupid rear end companies will go up in flames and take him with it.
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Apr 11, 2022 19:56
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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/09/us/politics/biden-border-immigration.html The new story about the immigration failures is that things weren't done quickly because Biden's immigration officials were too busy fighting each other over how to deal with immigration issues. They claim that even now there won't be a decisive solution to the problems because they still haven't agreed on a unified plan to solve it.
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Apr 11, 2022 19:57
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bengy81 posted:Hopefully one of these stupid rear end companies will go up in flames and take him with it. SpaceX's record does have some spots and Bezos took a ride Elon has to too...
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Apr 11, 2022 20:11
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Kesper North posted:Apparently if you're on the board you can only buy up to a 14.9% stake in the company. The way the announcement from Twitter is phrased, this happened because Musk wants to buy even more of Twitter. This morning, to wake myself up, I read about Poison Pills because that's basically where this nonsense is all headed: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/poisonpill.asp Unless just Elon retreats into the lift of a significant shareholding shitposter, the Twitter board probably needs to pass some poo poo to ward off an Elon Musk hostile takeover. The Twitter Market Cap is ~38B, and Elon's worth ~274B, so he very well could try to buy enough stock to get 50%+1. Then again, the SEC would likely *again* have a word about that kind of thing. Or Elon's about to dump the poo poo at a mild gain for the lulz.
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