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The End of High-School English
The Atlantic ^ | 12/09/2022 | Daniel Herman

Posted on 12/15/2022 9:31:38 AM PST by TexasKamaAina

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To: aquila48
So the way AI robots are going to take over is not by their superior intelligence but by making people lazier and stupid.

I just saw a trailer for a movie last night. The characters were talking about seeding the atmosphere with G23 to calm the population so they wouldn't care about fighting. The unintended consequence is they didn't care about doing anything and the population died.

You could make an argument that bringing robots in to do the work that humans do today would reduce the humans to useless, purposeless individuals living like parasites on some external source of largess. Not a good formula for a successful, thriving civilization.

41 posted on 12/15/2022 3:47:42 PM PST by Myrddin
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To: Chode
there’s no correct spelling for a madeup word, it’s phonetic...

I think that's "fone-etic."

42 posted on 12/15/2022 3:48:28 PM PST by seowulf (Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
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To: GingisK
It hit at 8 o’clock, just outside the 3 ring. Uh oh. Trouble brewing.

Mantis X should help. Clearly jerking the trigger. Squeeeeze.

43 posted on 12/15/2022 3:50:34 PM PST by Myrddin
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To: Myrddin
There is something off-putting about wearing a sash that says, "Idaho".

Well, there is unless you have one that says "Idapimp" too.

44 posted on 12/15/2022 3:51:12 PM PST by seowulf (Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
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To: Myrddin
...purposeless individuals living like parasites on some external source of largess...

It would finally give the working class some time to rob some stores.

45 posted on 12/15/2022 3:55:09 PM PST by GingisK
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To: Myrddin

Cute....


46 posted on 12/15/2022 3:59:01 PM PST by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and don't wish to smile.)
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To: TexasKamaAina
As we get more modern, less and less people will be able to read or write.
47 posted on 12/15/2022 4:00:23 PM PST by SamAdams76 (4,733,703 | Truth Social | 87,874,312 | Twitter | Trump Followers)
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To: seowulf

LOL...


48 posted on 12/15/2022 4:55:47 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: aquila48

I don’t care about iPhones!!!! the current Apple corporation (post-Steve Jobs) is “gay”-run and leftist!!!!

Those who keep themselves focused on their iPhone miss all that is going on in the real world—”apps” or no “apps”!!!!


49 posted on 12/15/2022 5:17:30 PM PST by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: Honorary Serb

Why do you have to put so many exclamation points on every sentence you post? Do you have a head injury or something? I mean, really.


50 posted on 12/15/2022 6:35:36 PM PST by A_perfect_lady (The greatest wealth is to live content with little. -Plato)
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To: ClearCase_guy
Not to worry.

The way our so-called representatives in Congress and various state legislatures have turned out wide-ranging laws to protect minorities of every stripe it’s only a matter of time before those of us who use proper English will be prohibited from criticizing (either verbally or by facial expression) those who do not.

Look for a new -ing along with the requisite -ism to make an appearance soon after some leftist think tank spins a treatise on how language barriers have deprived x% of recent high school graduates of good paying jobs due to . . language discrimination.

How could this happen? Members of nearly every other minority, either by nature or self-imposed or self-defined, are given protection against “discrimination” with heavy penalties levied against violators. Why not close the loop and capture another underrepresented group of gullibles?

In all likelihood there’s a Democrat in Congress already working on it and salivating. .

The title will have to be something innocuous, of course, so as to enable sneaking it in as an amendment to some popular bill that’s certain to pass. Something such as Protecting Alternative Language, abbreviated PAL, should do the trick.

51 posted on 12/15/2022 7:04:47 PM PST by logician2u
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To: 1Old Pro

Lol


52 posted on 12/16/2022 4:20:35 AM PST by Mrs. B.S. Roberts
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To: A_perfect_lady

No head injury. It’s just for emphasis, as per usual!!


53 posted on 12/16/2022 10:17:54 AM PST by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: Honorary Serb

I beg you to reconsider this punctuation affectation. It is really obnoxious.


54 posted on 12/16/2022 11:28:18 AM PST by A_perfect_lady (The greatest wealth is to live content with little. -Plato)
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