• Retail4068@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Did I say all? No most…

    But now that we’re part reading comprehension, I can point out that food deserts exist in Europe as well. Both in the rich counties and those pesky Eastern ones you like to block out of your head.

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36360732/

    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0143622823003156

    https://www.slowfood.com/blog-and-news/how-food-injustice-impacts-lives-in-europe/

    Y’all notice the lack of truly hard data. Turns out the yuros just ain’t monitoring and it’s highly likely through correlation to be very underreported.

    Don’t even get me started on Asia.

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      3 days ago

      Oh my god the fucking fragility and whataboutism.

      No one ever said other countries don’t have food desert problems. They absolutely do.

      Your original comment is just disingenuous when there are millions of people suffering because of the in the US, and millions more elsewhere as well.

      • Retail4068@lemmy.world
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        2 days ago

        Do you not know what most means? If I said billionaires owned most of the wealth would you be screeching over is usage?

        What about 85%+ and my usage of most do you most specifically take issue with?

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        2 days ago

        All right I have to push back here, y’all is a perfectly good word. We don’t have a good second person plural in English. It serves a very good purpose.

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          No, you lack a second person singular, but that’s just because thou refuses to employ it, not because it doesn’t exist.

          English personal pronouns

          The second-person singular pronouns are thou, thee, thy, thine, thyself.

          Personally I’d prefer using the already existing 2nd person singular instead of starting to use “y’all” for a second person plural, but my opinion doesn’t really matter here, so you know, fuck me and you do you.

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            21 hours ago

            Buddy what on Earth are you talking about? You is the second person singular, its also 2nd person plural hence my comment. You all, or y’all, on the other hand is strictly 2nd person plural.

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                20 hours ago

                What on Earth are you babbling about? I didn’t mention the word thou in my comment. You said that English lacked a second person singular.

                No, you lack a second person singular…

                You is the second person singular. Not just in southern America but everywhere. You used it multiple times already. The fact thay thou is also second person singular is irrelevant. You typed all of that for no reason whatsoever.

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                    19 hours ago

                    Yeah I’m not understanding your argument either. Are you arguing that “you” is not a second person singular in Modern English? It sounds like you are but then you also are using it currently so I’m confused.

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                    12 hours ago

                    Colloquially English lacks a second person singular? “You” is not colloquially used? That’s your assertion? Even though you use it in multiple times in your comment and you’re clearly understanding my use of it? Just want to clear that up cuz it seems insane.