#And before anyone says 'ough I hate America too'

[butwhypants]

I think the part that feels the worst about the outpouring of hatred in response to the Israel/Palestine conflict is that... like... my country is responsible for genocide! I do live on colonized, stolen land! My money does go towards the mass killing of innocent Arabs!

... my country of course being America. Like, even just counting deaths due to being directly shot by US soldiers and planes, over 450,000 civilians died since 9/11. My house is literally built on unceded tribal land, of which so many of the indigenous inhabitants have been killed in a genocide that their entire culture group would not be able to fill my local neighborhood if they were allowed to return.

I don't want to downplay the level of humanitarian crisis going on in Gaza right now, but I have received dozens of death threats for being Jewish, and 0 for being American. I'm beginning to think it has more to do with hating Jews, and a lot less to do with defending civilians.

[thetonethetollandthethunder]

Scythe chapter 11-15

You know the drill!! Cmon!!!

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Chapter 11!!

-I always forget the conclave’s have names,,,

-The thing is, you can never blame these people for fighting back, it’s human nature, but OUGH the consequences of human nature are so devastating

-But just imagine the guilt you’d feel, your husband got killed and you get immune from the same fate for a whole year. That’s just prime for survivors guilt

-Also the fact that Faraday told the family the man didn’t resist is just testament to his kindness and compassion

-“The sanctity of the law…And the wisdom to know when it must be broken.” *Stares at Goddard*

-MILK SCENE, I unironically love this scene even tho I think it’s really funny

-Also I genuinely don’t know how ppl drink milk b4 bed, is that even a real thing? How does that make you sleepy??

-Also good on Faraday!! Don’t waste shit!!!

-Apparently all the Scythe Rings are white but I refuse to acknowledge that, they’re all multicolored and each color relates to the scythe in some way <3

-That ring security system Faraday has going on is sick as fuck tho ngl

-“Now let’s see how long it takes Rowan to go for the ring.” I love himmmm, he’s fun!!! He can be fun!!

-Tonist mention!! I love the Tonists <33

-Nice chapter!! Gives more depth to Faraday!!

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Chapter 12!!

-Rowan and Citra’s test are approaching!!!

-The idea of having to hold yourself back in life because you’re afraid of being killed is actually terrifying—

-Also same Rowan, I hate studying too

-“Rowan concluded that not knowing was more terrifying than knowing.” If I remember correctly what the consequence is then that is CERTAIN true

-I LOVE Citra and Rowan’s banter here!! You can see their chemistry early on!!

-UGH I WONT LIST OUT ALL THE MOMENT BUT THEYRE SO CUTE!!!

-Cute chapter! Lots of Citran moments!

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Chapter 13!!

-“I’m a human being, not a mole.” Faraday is soooo fun sometimes like so fun and endearing???

-“Destroyed back in the age of mortality by something called ‘terrorism’.” OKAY SO YES THIS DOES GIVE US A LOT TO THINK ABOUT IN TERMS OF WHAT PEOPLE HERE KNOW ABOUT THE AGE OF MORTALITY BUT ALSO THAT IS RLLY FUCKING FUNNY SOOO

-I too hate walking at 6:30 am (I go to public school in America)

-“I have found that with the Scythedom, it is better to ask for forgiveness than permission,” He is iconic yall

-“What’s the worst they could do?” Things said before disasters—

-“Running the gauntlet” Like walking the red carpet!

-“Scythes wished to be seen as the many faces of light, not of darkness.” And soon they will be! Yk, just right after the plague—

-SCYTHE CURIE OMG OMG!!

-OO now they’re seeing scythe goddard ohoho I LOVE HAVING FORESIGHT

-Citra would cringe at the fact she at one point dazzled by goddard

-Rowan don’t be fatphobic /j

-I like that the conclave’s are pretty boring for the most part, makes it feel more realistic

-I love how only when Citra becomes a Scythe does she begin to understand these rituals, shows how much she grows

-OHOHO we got goddards fuckin note bullshit! Citra is gonna hear allll about that when she becomes a scythe

-Love how Chomsky is basically described as “as white as anyone could be” lmaoo token white man

-also gun lobby, nothing to say about it just…Gun lobby

-Rowan starting to talk like faraday is GOLD

-Again I love Citra and Rowan’s banter

-SCYTHE CURIE

-The idea of the weaponsmaster being a infomercial salesman is SOO funny i need to use that in my scythe oc shit

-Also that digital poison sounds fucking TERRIFYING

-The Scythes not liking the term ‘victim’ is rlly interesting to me, shows they really think of themselves as these faces of light

-Neal I don’t think you know what feminine hygiene products sound like—

-Hand of midas shit but even MORE horrifying!!

-I am terrible with names I saw Scythe Mandela and thought he was Scythe Possuelo and I have no idea why

-Who names their child Ransom??

-VERY good and long chapter!! Two more to go!!

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Chapter 14!!

-OOO the test scene!! One of my favorites!!

-SCYTHE CURIE

-Again what is with the shit names??? Jacory??

-OHH you do NOT interrupt scythe curie girl you are FUCKED

-Oh Citra you’re gonna revisit the worst thing you’ve ever done REALLL soon

-ROWAN LOSING ON PURPOSE FOR CITRA IS SOOOO!!!

-GODDAMN IT RAND I LOVE YOU BUT STOP

-AND THE TENSION THICKENS WITH THE ADDED RULE OF THEM HAVING TO KILL THE OTHER OH MY GOD ITS STILL GOOD MAN!!

-We all want a relationship with the thunderhead Curie

-Very good chapter that adds to the stakes of the story!! One more to go!!!

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Chapter 15!!!

-God the shock and confusion and how upset they all are really captivates this conversation

-And you see that eventually Rowan is very willing to die at the hands of Citra, that’s how much he loves her like UGHH

-“Scythes were supposed to be above the petty,” oh citra you have no idea bby girl,,

-Hash pales!!!

-THE KISS SCENE

-Ive already went in depth about why I love this scene in my Citran analysis post but UGH I LOVE ITT

-Liar!! You are totally in love rowan!!

-GODDARD THE BASTARD

-God he is such a fucking dick i hate himmm

-Very good chapter :)

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AND THATS THE NEXT 5!!! Next time we’ll do chapters 16-20!

[xpoolboy]

so "i know the end" by phoebe bridgers is one of my favorite songs ever. according to wikipedia it is about "depression, euphoria, and the apocalypse". obviously, not all of it fits with cpurpled but some lines really just. ough. i'm not gonna do the whole song just my favorite parts.

"Somewhere in Germany, but I can't place it / Man, I hate this part of Texas / Close my eyes, fantasize / Three clicks and I'm home

When I get back I'll lay around / Then I'll get up and lay back down / Romanticize a quiet life / There's no place like my room"

i think of this as cpurpled being homesick and yearning to go back to his home planet where he can just. fucking chill. romanticize a quiet life and all. maybe he doesn't even necessarily want to go back to his home planet. but he wants the quiet of being alone.

"After a while you went quiet and I got mean / I'm always pushing you away from me"

do i even need to say anything. cpurpled is mean. even people who he used to be friendly with, he's ruined their relationships. ponk, jack manifold, maybe even bedwarsiblings if you want to go down that route.

"When the sirens sound, you'll hide under the floor / But I'm not gonna go down with my hometown in a tornado / I'm gonna chase it"

he's ambitious. in crises, purpled doesn't back down. he's always running towards danger (both lmanberg wars, red banquet, etc). he's not going to go down with the rest of las nevadas. he's going to chase his legacy, chase the chances he has.

"Windows down, scream along / To some America First rap, country song / A slaughterhouse, an outlet mall / Slot machines, fear of God"

it's escapism. cathartic, a little, to scream along while driving. it's something he'd do. and you can't tell me cpurpled doesnt listen to "rap country songs". and then the last two lines relate to las nevadas. the slaughterhouse could be the killing of slime, the outlet malls and slot machines are just las nevadas in a nutshell. fear of god is a bit more tricky because i don't think purpled believes in any godly supernatural force, or care about said force's opinion if it did exist. but quackity fears someone who thinks himself a "god" (dream). in the end, though, it wasn't dream who killed quackity's best friend.

"Over the coast, everyone's convinced / It's a government drone or an alien spaceship / Either way, we're not alone / I'll find a new place to be from"

obviously spaceship = purpled. but the "either way, we're not alone" is so. he's not alone. well, he's lonely and doesn't have anyone, but on the DSMP and especially with las nevadas no one leaves him alone. and in the next lore stream i dont think quackity's going to leave him alone either.

finally, "i'll find a new place to be from". "purpled from UFO". please get what im going for here. he WAS from UFO. that was his legacy, but he's finding new places to be from, to build a legacy. even before LN, this is such a big cpurpled line. he finds a new place to be from. the dsmp in general. lmanburg. his cave base. and then las nevadas.

"No, I'm not afraid to disappear / The billboard said, "The end is near" / I turned around, there was nothing there / Yeah, I guess the end is here"

"not afraid to disappear". well we haven't seen him in 280 days. he just does stuff on his own with his dog, disappearing from everyone else. "turned around, there was nothing there" nothing of his legacy left. and then "yeah i guess the end is here". he's accepted it. yeah, the end IS here. and he'll make sure the end is here for quackity's legacy too

[thecoroutfitters]

The thirteen Trickiest Syntax Hang-Ups

I trust which you all know the between exactly who and exactly who, and I have faith in that typos are the simply reason you employ the wrong they have. It happens towards best of individuals. For most practitioners, if you can basically maintain your focus (perhaps through caffeine in addition to frequent breaks), you’ll get details right. Down the page problems, yet , may have everyone scrambling for one refresher.

1 ) Half may be both single and multiple. Ordinarily, subjects and verbs agree: If the subject matter is unique, the action-word is extraordinario. If the issue is heterogeneo, the action-word is heterogeneo. Easy peasy. Nonetheless , sentences that start with 50 % of don’t follow this tip.

Half by yourself is singular: My half of the pizza can be pepperoni. Nevertheless although fifty percent is the area of interest in a term such as Half the pizzas usually are missing, people use a heterogeneo verb because of something described as notional understanding. It simply is the reason why although 1 / 2 is singular, half of the pizza has a belief of being multiple, so you start using a plural verb. Follow the rule anytime half will be the subject of a sentence: In cases where half can be followed by one noun, start using a singular verb. If one half is as well as a diverso noun, start using a plural action-word. Half of the pepperoni is defective, but half the tomatoes tend to be missing.

Mixture words this start with half are strange too. They usually are open, made or hyphenated (e. gary., half please note, halfhearted, half-baked). There’s no rule among bodybuilders that implements across the board, and so you’ll have to look at a book.

2 . Internet businesses are not exactly people today. Online businesses are entities, but they are run just by men and women, which means you could make an argument for discussing a company since who, especially since You. S. courts have reigned over that companies are people divorce lawyers atlanta legal is attracted to. Nevertheless, toughness style will be to refer to a service as an entity and utilize pronouns it all and that: You want to buy share in a provider that makes heated air balloons.

In order to highlight that men and women in the provider are right behind some move or choice, name these and make use of who: Floating Baskets was initially driven so that you can bankruptcy through its senior directors, just who took excessive expensive Alaskan joyrides.

several. American is actually a flawed period. U . s citizens is the exclusively single message we have to in relation to citizens of the United States of The united states (U. Beds. -icans? ), but formally, an American will be anyone who all lives in United states, Central The us or Asia.

In the United. S. many of us, the people, are already calling our-self Americans seeing that before some of our country was even created (as have got our detractors). Although everybody of the National continents have been completely Americans, the majority of readers in the U. Ring. and European countries assume that a united states is a Ough. S. homeowner, since that is definitely how the word of mouth is most very popular.

Despite it has the failings, implement American to touch on to a citizen of the United States for America. Absolutely no better term exists. Please feel blameful.

4. The saying dilemma will be, well, any dilemma. The di- prefix on dilemma would mean “two” or maybe “double, ” which deepens support for the idea that concern should be put to use only to identify a choice somewhere between two procedures. The Linked Press Stylebook and Garner’s Modern U . s citizens Usage besides support that limitation, yet go further more, saying that dilemma ought to be used simply for a choice among two worrisome options.

Nevertheless, Garner likewise notes which will other purposes are “ubiquitous. ” Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary involving English Consumption and The Columbia Guide to Traditional American British say it’s actual fine make use of dilemma to go into detail any serious predicament, and also American Heirloom Guide to Fashionable Usage and Style takes an intermediate place. What’s a new writer for you to do? (Is it all a main issue? )

Except when you’re composing for a publication that requires anyone to follow a pattern guide which will limits dilemma to a selection between couple of bad possible choices, it’s not certainly wrong to apply dilemma to indicate a difficult issue, even when types aren’t anxious, or to usage dilemma to spell out a difficult alternative between nice options. Even now, you’ll appear to be most innovative when you use question to describe a decision between only two bad selections. In various instances, just before using issue, ask yourself if a different word, like problem, would work better.

Likewise, a cursory search on the Internet exposes that lots of consumers are confounded via the spelling of dilemma. Countless were taught to tap out it drastically wrong. In fact , I got taught so that you can spell it again dilemna at school, and when Manged to get older along with checked some dictionary, Being shocked to look for that the word is spelled dilemma. Additional, the only appropriate spelling is actually dilemma. Decades as if dilemna is a second-rate variant and also regional transliteration. Dictionaries quite often note unique spellings and occasionally non-standard spellings, but dilemna doesn’t possibly show up that way. As far as I can tell, nobody is aware why numerous teachers started using it wrong. Probably a textbook typo is always to blame.

some. Earth just isn’t treated such as the names involving other planets. With English, the overall rule is the fact we make profit the official names with things together with places (e. g., Gold Gate Association, San Francisco), so we take advantage the names about other exoplanets: Jupiter, Mars and so on. For quite a few unknown cause, however , we tend to treat the earth differently. Occasionally it’s capitalized and sometimes is actually lowercase, along with there isn’t going to seem to be a good hard-and-fast law.

Typically, anytime earth is preceded with the, it’s lowercase, and when our planet is listed along with the names on the other planets, it’s capitalized— but you can locate exceptions for you to even such patterns. (Of course, while we’re simply using earth an additional word regarding dirt, it is best to lowercase. )

If you’re a writer, check your publication’s design and style guide to discover what it advises. If you’re posting for yourself, the most important thing is to be consistent— so only pick a capital style together with stay with it.

4. Gone lack of might be troublesome, but it just isn’t wrong. Gone absent is a Briticism that has made its way to the United. S., wheresoever reporters do it mostly to describe missing people. Although journalists and newscasters seem to appreciate gone absent, it’s easy to get vocal readers and viewers who detest it.

Haters argue that a man or woman must look at location, along with missing isn’t a place, knowning that an inanimate object are unable to go passing up on because it are unable to take action alone— but English has never been recently so preciso. In a small labor industry, jobs can go begging (be unfilled), for example , even though begging is not the place and tasks can’t do something. Other peevers suggest that eliminated missing necessitates an action for the person as well as item with which has vanished. Just as before, we have parallels that challenge the question: Milk runs bad, for example , without using any measures on its own.

Went missing is not really wrong. The exact Oxford French Dictionary areas it within the same grouping as the sentence go originaire, as in, There was high hopes for our fresh senator, yet after having been in Buenos aires a few months, this individual went indigenous (i. vitamin e., adopted a similar habits in addition to attitudes simply because people who definitely have been there a lengthy time).

In case you hate gone missing, on the phone to legitimately criticize it as grammatically incorrect. But on the flip side, if you are a fan of the main phrase, remember that it annoys enough customers that you should hesitate before taking your in your writing.

7. Types is always plural.

You have 1 kind of peanut butter nonetheless three different kinds of jelly. Use the singular (kind) when you have an example of something, and also plural (kinds) when you have a lot more. Since these and those reveal multiple points, you have to try a plural: kinds. These kinds of circumstances always perplex me. (These kind will be wrong. )

Watch out for the trouble. Even though it looks straightforward, very good writers are often it drastically wrong.

8. Up to the point is confusable. For those who have until Goal 4 to submit an admittance in the Countrywide Grammar Moment video match, does which means that you can however turn it in on Strut 4, or possibly is Next month 3 one more acceptable moment? Unfortunately, the term until isn’t going to make the meaning clear. Men and women can think of it various methods.

One of the most stress-inducing deadlines certainly is the annual income tax filing cutoff for the Internal Revenue Service, which makes a time to collection that the September 15 filling up deadline consists of April eighteen. It also looks at April 15 as a due date, not a deadline day.

If you’re next instructions, do assume till means by. Turn in your individual item per day early or simply get logic. And if you writing guidance, make them sharp by using a message such as thru or declaring a specific moment and precious time. The IRS doesn’t make use of an ambiguous word that include until, in addition to neither is it safe to.

9. Future is also doubting. Similar to until, following is ambiguous: Some people think next Mondy means the next Wednesday that will occur, and other people believe that next Friday means the Wednesday over the following week, no matter what day it is currently. The sitcom Seinfeld perhaps did the scene during which Jerry as well as Sid put forward the proposition about the that means of after that Wednesday compared to this Sunday.

There is no defined meaning regarding next Mondy, so you should not use next to modify a day from the week. Become more specific in your writing.

eight. The plurals of abbreviations aren’t always logical. Acronyms happen to be abbreviations that can be pronounced simply because words (NASA), and initialisms are abbreviations for which you declare each standard (FBI).

Community . doesn’t help make perfect sense, is made initialisms together with acronyms heterogeneo by adding some sort of s to end no matter what part will be plural https://essaywriter24.com if you ever wrote out the whole element. Therefore , despite the fact that would come up with runs batted in, typically the plural is actually RBIs.

Prior to now, some books used apostrophes to make shortened forms and initialisms plural, thus until a few years ago, that it was common to view something like RBI’s or Compact disks in The Idaho Times. Require days, the important style courses recommend omitting the apostrophe.

11. Some people and their may possibly soon be acceptable unique pronouns. English features a big, gaping hole: There is pronoun to spell out a person when you don’t know the main sex. (I’ve tried it with babies, and it has not gone over very well! ) On days gone by, having been acceptable as being a generic pronoun, but today it’s not. All major style guides endorse against it all.

To stuff the distance, many people knowingly or unconsciously use these, as in, Say to the next customer they be successful a car. To do so is helped by various current fashion guides and in actual fact has a longer history rather than most people get the point that. Even Jane Austen did it. For example , here is a quotation right from Mansfield Park your car in which Austen pairs some plural pronoun (their) having a singular predecessor (each):

Nearly everybody around your girlfriend was homosexual and hectic, prosperous as well as important; any had all their object appealing, their aspect, their costume, their much-loved scene, their valuable friends together with confederates: Many were discovering employment on consultations together with comparisons, or maybe diversion on the playful conceits they advisable.

Although many people today consider using these as a caracteristico pronoun unsuitable, I suppose many of those identical people utilize it that way around casual chat without even knowing it, and the singular these become totally acceptable next 50 years.

Today, using people as a singular pronoun sides on acceptable. You can choose to do it if you not necessarily bound to keep to style direct that opposes it, but be prepared to protect yourself. Often the safer way (when weight loss just spin the word to make the subject matter plural) is to try using he or she, or even switch involving he in addition to she (which you may have found is the pattern followed by this specific very magazine).

When switching between he or she and the girl, however , be sure to separate the particular examples a sufficient amount of so that you have a tendency confuse your readers. (Weren’t we tend to just preaching about a woman? ) Also, Herbal legal smoking buds recently begun getting claims from males who’ve noticed that writers switching between he / she and this girl tend to usage he for your bad guys and even she for any heroes. In case you are going to swap back and forth, provide us with some vixen ax murderers and hunky human-rights activists every every so often.

12. Possessives of etroite can get jumbled. When you have to make a possessive name possessive, you’re from a commercial perspective supposed to add another etroite marker towards the end:

Kohl’s’s earnings happen to be up final quarter. (The Chicago Guide of Style possessive style)

Kohl’s’ earnings was up survive quarter. (The Associated Squeeze Stylebook possessive style)

Refrain from these kinds of penalties, though. They may be technically appropriate, but they glimpse horrible. You may usually engross the heading to make it greater:

Kohl’s said higher sales last fraction.

13. Apostrophes can occasionally symbolize plurals. We all recoil when we sent straight to a greengrocer’s apostrophe (banana’s $0. 99), nevertheless did you know that in some uncommon circumstances, we do use apostrophes to help make things dual? In most cases, the particular apostrophe can help avoid dilemma; single correspondence are one example. The first apostrophe in Appear in your i’s and combination your t’s helps subscribers distinguish amongst multiple duplicates of the standard i and also the word is normally. A significantly less logical example of this is the key phrase do’s and don’ts. Varied style instructions recommend various spellings (dos and don’ts, do’s plus don’ts, together with do’s and don’t’s). Any time writers how to use apostrophe in making do multiple but not to produce don’t heterogeneo, the only reason behind the apostrophe is to supply visual steadiness. Yet, is actually allowed.

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