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This completely locked up my laptop. I had to hard power down.

Grammatical possession does not imply property. "My grandmother," "my hometown," "my skeleton," etc.

Thanks!

FYI, Twitter links aren't really reliable any more. When I click that link, I see just one message promising a thread but no thread.

That's exactly his point. You don't hear the apostrophe but you do hear the "s," meaning that Thomas and Thomas' cannot be distinguished. And so Thomas's must be used instead.

Uh that was supposed to be https://ahdictionary.com

American Heritage is much better. They respond to usage, but much more conservatively. And their entries will actually have brief explanations from their "usage panel" about ambigu…

Important distinction. "Widdling" is urination.

Corporate personhood includes the ability for corporations to own property, enter contracts, and serve as plaintiff or defendant. And corporations have civil rights only as a tool …

The right to assembly is a restriction on the government, not private enterprise.

I am very thankful for tipping in the US. It provides an incentive for better service, allows me to express my gratitude to waitstaff directly, and gives me influence over the pric…

> as you’ve probably already entered payment information into the Microsoft ecosystem either for buying apps or movies on the Microsoft Store app or for making similar purchases vi…

Derangement loci

"racists from David Duke to Charles Murray" I disagree that the absence of a word to link these two ideologically is a fault of the English language.

Well-informed, good-faith disagreement is possible on a range of topics, including this one.

You are right. I would amend my comment to limit it to a non-peaceable assembly.

I don't doubt that police escalate unnecessarily either. I'm not even making reference to any current situation. I'm just assuming that there exists a scenario in which it would be…

I don't doubt anything you are saying here, and I agree with the idea that "nonlethal" weapons are often used irresponsibly. But what is the alternative? What are police supposed t…

"X has been silent on Y," is generally not a fair criticism. Not speaking about a topic is the norm, since time is finite and there are uncountable numbers of issues to discuss, ev…

I think "more is less" is more accurate. These days, my list of antifeatures is more of a consideration than desired features when shopping for an appliance. My TV has a terrible d…

> I struggle to buy this line of thinking that, somehow, the epidemic [...] is the consequence of discriminatory systems or conspiracy or racism. I agree, but I do think it's large…

What did you find disappointing about the comment? Why not reply to it?

Fair enough. I assumed from his comment that he meant mainstream political Conservatism. Big-C Conservatism does of course include a lot of small-c conservatism.

> seemingly illogical conservatism I'd suggest you engage more with your fellow citizens and their ideas. Conservatives believe in their ideas just as earnestly as others and it is…

Opposition to "social justice" typically signals that one does not believe that "social justice" equates to fairness and equality.