MrMakabar@slrpnk.net to collapse of the old society@slrpnk.netEnglish · 5 months agoMusk makes it hard to follow Kamala Harris on X, while donating 45Million per month to Trumpnewrepublic.comexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1411arrow-down17cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldpolitics@lemmy.world
arrow-up1404arrow-down1external-linkMusk makes it hard to follow Kamala Harris on X, while donating 45Million per month to Trumpnewrepublic.comMrMakabar@slrpnk.net to collapse of the old society@slrpnk.netEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square42fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldpolitics@lemmy.world
minus-squareAtelopus-zeteki@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up26arrow-down1·5 months agoYes, and I’m not using xtter, but I’m still being effected by it. As is everyone on the planet.
minus-squareTyfud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·5 months ago*affected. One is a noun usage (effect) and one is a verb usage (affect)
minus-squareClaidheamh@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 months agoEffect can also be a verb. You can effect change, and thus affect people’s lives.
minus-squareTyfud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 months agoYes, true, but this is a lesser used form of Effect, and I thought it better not to muddy the waters for someone trying to learn the arbitrary rules we’ve assigned to one of the more difficult to understand languages in the world: English.
minus-squaresolsangraal@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·5 months agoexactly. which is why i shit on it and people using it at every opportunity
minus-squareAphelion@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·5 months agoShitting on people is a lot less effective than showing them something better.
minus-squaresolsangraal@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·5 months ago“something better” in this case is getting rid of the notion that microblogging is even something that anyone needs
Yes, and I’m not using xtter, but I’m still being effected by it. As is everyone on the planet.
*affected. One is a noun usage (effect) and one is a verb usage (affect)
Effect can also be a verb. You can effect change, and thus affect people’s lives.
Yes, true, but this is a lesser used form of Effect, and I thought it better not to muddy the waters for someone trying to learn the arbitrary rules we’ve assigned to one of the more difficult to understand languages in the world: English.
exactly. which is why i shit on it and people using it at every opportunity
Shitting on people is a lot less effective than showing them something better.
“something better” in this case is getting rid of the notion that microblogging is even something that anyone needs