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[breadandcircuse]

Your reference to "Butchers'" suggested a familiarity with a certain poster of yore.

I was responding to the post mentioning him/her. I have no idea of who they are, so stop trying to imply something different.

 

[HeAthen]

A sensible writer would put the mythical character's name in scare quotes to indicate their unfamiliarity with said entity.

A sensible writer would read the fucking post being replied to in order to understand the context.

 

[gosub]

Sounds like everything from this. Although it may get watered down by congress of course.

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Trump favors huge new tariffs. How do they work?

Former President Donald Trump has proposed a 60% tariff on goods from China and a 20% tariff on everything else the United States imports. This week, he raised the ante still higher.

www.pbs.org

Intresting that the article doesn't reference Smoot Hawley

 

[breadandcircuse]

A sensible writer would put the mythical character's name in scare quotes to indicate their unfamiliarity with said entity.

Pedant alert.

How do you know my levels of correct grammar? So that judgemental tripe won't wash.

 

[Wilf]

I quite like the 'old Urban' politics threads in the sense of having a focus on ideas, information and consistency, though there was always a point where that could get a bit oppressive to some of those on the receiving end. There was also the oft repeated notion that it became the domain of middle aged shouty blokes. Shocking, I know! Also, while I might like the idea of the 'old Urban', I'm not that comfortable with the idea of anything like 'enforcing' it.

What all that adds up to, I haven't got a fucking clue. Sheesh, things change a bit. It's fine.

 

[VivaE]

Your reference to "Butchers'" suggested a familiarity with a certain poster of yore.

To you, it may have. But not to anyone paying intelligent attention. You should now apologise to her for your very lumpen and lazy assumption. Which I hope you will do, considering and in line with your fastidious need for fastidiousness in all things Urban.

PS. She does also eat flavoured crisps, makes her overnight guests drink instant coffee and signs off on all her emails with 'all best wishes' though so...

 

[teuchter]

Pedant alert.

It's not pedantry. It's advice / educational content, offered free of charge. It's sad that new posters these days are so ungrateful.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Is it a fucking full moon or something? OU and tooch are being far more weird than even their regular weirdo-selves normally are.

 

[two sheds]

Maybe read the post they were responding to which brought up this mythical Butcher character we are all supposed to be in awe and fear of.

butchersapron was something else - really good sharp political analysis with an even sharper tongue. He didn't like me much although he eventually left me alone which I was very grateful for.

He wasn't above posting shit himself though and was hardly coherent some nights. My favourite was on an 'are you an atheist' type thread which I made the mistake of saying that I thought I was an agnostic.

He didn't like that and his final (as I recall and this must have been a good 15 years ago) post was late at night when he directed two paragraphs of what seemed to be venomous unconnected ramblings at me but I don't think I understood anything except most of the individual words .

Sadly I think it was lost in The Great Post Cull of 20wheneveritwas.

 

[cupid_stunt]

I quite like the 'old Urban' politics threads in the sense of having a focus on ideas, information and consistency, though there was always a point where that could get a bit oppressive to some of those on the receiving end. There was also the oft repeated notion that it became the domain of middle aged shouty blokes. Shocking, I know! Also, while I might like the idea of the 'old Urban', I'm not that comfortable with the idea of anything like 'enforcing' it.

What all that adds up to, I haven't got a fucking clue. Sheesh, things change a bit. It's fine.

Yeah, it's changed, it's now old aged shouty blokes.

 

[breadandcircuse]

It's not pedantry. It's advice / educational content, offered free of charge. It's sad that new posters these days are so ungrateful.

Are you serious, or is this an "ironic" post?

I can only hope it's the latter, as you are seriously making yourself look foolish if it's the former.

 

[cupid_stunt]

Are you serious, or is this an "ironic" post?

I can only hope it's the latter, as you are seriously making yourself look foolish if it's the former.

He's been making himself look foolish on here since 2007, I doubt he's going to change now, TBH.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Your reference to "Butchers'" suggested a familiarity with a certain poster of yore.

Read more closely. The spelling used was Butchers', repeating the way it was written in the post being replied to. Dunno about you but I've never seen Butchersapron shortened to Butchers' before. Butcher's, sure, or cunt, but never Butchers'.

So in summary, you're wrong.

 

[teuchter]

Are you serious, or is this an "ironic" post?

It is noted that you have taken on board my teachings and used scare quotes to add meaning to your writing. Keep up the good work.

 

[Orang Utan]

Is it a fucking full moon or something? OU and tooch are being far more weird than even their regular weirdo-selves normally are.

Maybe it’s the time of year and the state of the world. Everything irritating becomes overwhelmingly intolerable.

 

[HeAthen]

Maybe it’s the time of year and the state of the world. Everything irritating becomes overwhelmingly intolerable.

Not sure I'd actually say you were 'overwhelmingly' intolerable.

 

[breadandcircuse]

It is noted that you have taken on board my teachings and used scare quotes to add meaning to your writing. Keep up the good work.

They're called quotation marks. What's with the "scare quotes?"

FYI, I am quite good at English, (librarian and degree) so need no help from you.

 

[Orang Utan]

A librarian who doesn’t read

 

[Orang Utan]

You quite clearly are.

There seem to be loads of them. All new names I’m trying not to become too familiar with

 

[breadandcircuse]

A librarian who doesn’t read

Again, as I posted previously, just because I post vids does not mean I don't read. Some of us, believe it or not, can multitask. We aren't dictating to others how they should get their information. After many years of reading, my eyesight is not brilliant, so, get this, it will blow your socks off. I also listen to audiobooks when I get the chance! Go on, start the witch hunt.

 

[Orang Utan]

Just post the vids in spoiler codes in future please and we need not argue again.

 

[maomao]

Some of us, believe it or not, can multitask.

Are you claiming to watch videos and read books at the same time?

 

[Orang Utan]

anyway, not everyone can multitask. Hence the aversion to videos from some of us.

 

[Wilf]

A librarian who doesn’t read

Awwww, c'mon.

 

[breadandcircuse]

Are you claiming to watch videos and read books at the same time?

Yes, whilst balancing spinning plates.

 

[maomao]

Yes, whilst balancing spinning plates.

Well it's either that or you think multitasking means doing things one after the other.

 

[HeAthen]

There seem to be loads of them. All new names I’m trying not to become too familiar with

Gerroff moy forum!

 

[klang]

Still none the wiser what an AV is, and I've tried hard to find the answer on numerous threads

 

[HeAthen]

Still none the wiser what an AV is, and I've tried hard to find the answer on numerous threads

Articulated vertebrae?

 

[Orang Utan]

Awwww, c'mon.

Soz, but you may have guessed already - I am raging at how much video is being used in lieu of print. It’s making me lose all reason.
You can’t even look up a recipe without being nudged to watch a video of someone making the dish instead of sending you to the recipe itself.