I am quite familiar with the verbs. Thanks.

My original joke was based on the assumption that “She lay” was intended to be in the present tense (and why wouldn’t it be?) and therefore a humorous use of colloquial English (in place of “she lays”, possibly invoking African American English for humorous effect. We can argue about whether this is culturally sensitive.). The corresponding correction would therefore be “She lie”, rather than the grammatically standard “She lies”.

I find your moderation decision in this case quite cowardly. Yes, I read the rules.

“snuck” is perfectly fine, as long as that’s what you’ve heard since birth. 🤷

You did it. Count me among the folks who would reply to you.

This exactly is my point.

Yes, we can’t identify which grain of sand makes it a beach, and yet it eventually becomes a beach.

Yes. It didn’t sound past tense in my head, but that certainly fits.

And no: “she lie” would be a colloquial present tense assuming that “she lay” was a similar colloquial conjugation of the verb “to lay” as commonly used in place of “to lie”.

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*lie.

And I love the cat.

Country with a second amendment refuses to use it.

Better you behind the Pope than…

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Rocket is the only being that deserves decaf, then.

“Let’s ignore the constitution.” This is fine.

And then:

You fight someone if they actually break with democracy.

What kind of break with democracy the motherfuck are you waiting for?

Your country in a nutshell. I wouldn’t care if we didn’t catch a cold from you sneezing.

I’m not “keen”, I’m merely fucking exhausted.

Me too, man, me fuckin’ too.

I feel you. Let’s be exhausted together. Cheers.

When will you folks understand what your first amendment actually means?

I’m not asking your government to silence him. I’m not asking a court to sentence him. I’m not looking for a police force to arrest him.

Or, and hear me out, the country that built itself in part on being prepared to meet tyranny with force is the one who ought to actually meet tyranny with force when the time comes. Other countries, which did not do this, have every right to call out hypocrisy and cowardice for what it is, especially after decades of watching the cowards be cowardly.

And no, my country is far from perfect. Surely you see how irrelevant that is to this discussion.

UPDATE: How nice! You understood me after all. You also assumed some facts not in evidence, but in a discussion such as this, that’s likely to happen. I’m not “keen”, I’m merely fucking exhausted.

As a way of calling out the hypocrisy of the people who claim to be all gung-ho to stamp out tyranny from behind the barrel of a gun I have no issue with it […] https://lemmy.world/comment/16821307

You might be shocked to learn that other countries exist and that the internet works in those countries and that your joke of a fucking constitution doesn’t apply there.

Hint: I live in such a country.

Country with a second amendment refuses to use it.

I need to have two cats named Campari and Vermouth so that they could have a kitten named Negroni. It doesn’t quite work, but I’d do it anyway.

Gratitude is a revolutionary act in times like these. Since you’re going to die, anyway, you might as well enjoy the ride as much as you can and teach your child to do the same. If you manage to make the world a better place along the way, then so much the better.

Peace.