starik

joined 2 months ago
[–] starik@lemmy.today 2 points 18 hours ago
[–] starik@lemmy.today 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What is that? Can you link it? Searching “libdirect” turned up nothing

[–] starik@lemmy.today 8 points 4 days ago

Appears to work, but it’s riddled with pop up ads that cover the content and are constantly reloading and jumping around. I hope xcancel comes back.

[–] starik@lemmy.today 13 points 2 weeks ago
[–] starik@lemmy.today 32 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

240 kilomiles (km)

[–] starik@lemmy.today 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The best evidence for the fact that unsweet is a shortened form of unsweetened is the fact that that is how it is used.

But tea is the least of your problems. You seem to have a touch of NPD. You may be constitutionally incapable of recognizing that you have a problem (indeed, that is one of the symptoms), but I hope, for your and your family’s sakes, that you are able to get help.

[–] starik@lemmy.today 1 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

This has to be a bit you’re doing. If not, I really feel sorry for that family.

[–] starik@lemmy.today 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (5 children)

Adjectives can be shortened. Like in the case of “unsweet”, for example!

Do you also think they have to remove lead from gasoline to make unleaded gas? (Sorry for using the word “gas”; we know how you feel about shortened words.) “Un” is a prefix that can just mean “not” sometimes, as in “unintelligent” ;)

[–] starik@lemmy.today 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (11 children)

Unsweet is a shortening of unsweetened.
TV is a shortening of television. (abbreviations are a type of shortening)

You’re right, though. You didn’t know how to respond.

[–] starik@lemmy.today 2 points 2 weeks ago (14 children)

Words are often shortened. It reduces the number of vowels and makes communication quicker and easier. Do you also have an issue with these?:

math
gym
bike
fridge
TV
ad
lab
info
photo

[–] starik@lemmy.today 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable

[–] starik@lemmy.today 4 points 1 month ago

The TL;DR is TL

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