Trump promises to imprison everyone who resists him.
I think maybe the most notable thing about Trump's campaign this year is that he has been extremely up front and transparent about the abuses of power he intends to commit if he returns to power. https://t.co/AFdCyf6uGu
I realize that the situation is really deadly serious, but That Idio[syncra]tic Capitalization! It makes me want to replace all “s”s with “f”s. (Yes, I know, Ye (or should I say þe) Olde Documents were really just using a form of “s” that looks like “f”).
#Seanna — I agree that it’s deadly serious, but at the same time it’s interesting to look at the Google Ngram for “fuck”. Virtually zero incidences between 1820 and 1980, with a large increase after 1980 (not surprising), but also a substantial decrease between 1800 and 1820, just the period in which the long s disappeared from use.
I realize that the situation is really deadly serious, but That Idio[syncra]tic Capitalization! It makes me want to replace all “s”s with “f”s. (Yes, I know, Ye (or should I say þe) Olde Documents were really just using a form of “s” that looks like “f”).
It adds Dignity to the important Words!
I’m sure that Free Speech Absolutist Elon will renounce Trump immediately
I will be accusing all, left right and cetre, of cheating unless I win, and so I swear by Mein Kampf, which for us Drumpfs is a very sacred book.
#Seanna — I agree that it’s deadly serious, but at the same time it’s interesting to look at the Google Ngram for “fuck”. Virtually zero incidences between 1820 and 1980, with a large increase after 1980 (not surprising), but also a substantial decrease between 1800 and 1820, just the period in which the long s disappeared from use.
No jump during WW2? Norman Mailer led us to believe there was quite a lot of “fuck” among the GIs.
Well, in print anyways; always loved how Richard Sharpe would always use an “efficacious word” in appropriate circumstances.