Dumb headlines thread

[Vrede too]

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"There are those who will claim that towards in American English is wrong, but it's really a matter of preference.

There are indeed those.

I suppose some might also claim that the very commonly used "I seen" is also a matter of preference.

Does merriam-webster.com say that?

Who are you hanging out with that it's "very commonly used"?

[O Really]

Who are you hanging out with that it's "very commonly used"?

In some (many) cases "very commonly used" sneaks into "alternative" and then into "acceptable" and then into "correct" or "preferred." Once it's snuck in it's hard to get rid of. Remember when "ain't" would have had the editors of the Oxford dictionary grasping their pearls?
Now:

informal
contraction

am not; are not; is not.
"if it ain't broke, don't fix it"
has not; have not.
"they ain't got nothing to say"

The effin' dictionary used "they ain't got nothing to say" as an example and called it "informal." I should say so.

[Vrede too]

In some (many) cases "very commonly used" sneaks into "alternative" and then into "acceptable" and then into "correct" or "preferred." Once it's snuck in it's hard to get rid of. Remember when "ain't" would have had the editors of the Oxford dictionary grasping their pearls?
Now:

informal
contraction

am not; are not; is not.
"if it ain't broke, don't fix it"
has not; have not.
"they ain't got nothing to say"

The effin' dictionary used "they ain't got nothing to say" as an example and called it "informal." I should say so.

I understand word and phrase evolution, but the circles I run in ain't using "I seen", very commonly or at all.


Click bait title: A'ja Wilson FURIOUS at Olympics after Caitlin Clark SHOWS UP!

No, CC is not in Paris. The video is entirely about sales and marketing of their relative signature basketballs

Misleading title...this video is about their signature basketballs, not the olympics

I hate when I click on these darn headlines for nothing

That’s why I won’t subscribe. Click bait.

[O Really]

I understand word and phrase evolution, but the circles I run in ain't using "I seen", very commonly or at all.

Well, I didn't mean to imply it was my friends/acquaintances saying that. It's usually somebody on TV getting interviewed about something. Like, "I seen the fire coming toward my house..." I'm usually just wondering how the hell does anybody even learn to say that?

[Vrede too]

Well, I didn't mean to imply it was my friends/acquaintances saying that. It's usually somebody on TV getting interviewed about something. Like, "I seen the fire coming toward my house..." I'm usually just wondering how the hell does anybody even learn to say that?

Ah. Maybe that's a function of disasters' affinity for trailer parks?


Chechen warlord invites Musk to Russia after he’s filmed driving machine-gun mounted Cybertruck (with pics)

It's the warlord, not Musk, who has the weaponized truck. Sloppy, AP, sloppy.

[neoplacebo]

I liked this one because I had no idea what the fuck it was about....."Nathan Flornece Swallowed Alive Surfing Brazilian Death Slab." I didn't know what to expect, but it was a surfing thing.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/nathan- ... 46953.html

[O Really]

Too sad a story to make fun of, but it's still another fail by the headline writer:

'Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau’s Sister Katie Speaks Out After Their Deaths: ‘Absolutely No Words’ "

[Vrede too]

I liked this one because I had no idea what the fuck it was about....."Nathan Flornece Swallowed Alive Surfing Brazilian Death Slab." I didn't know what to expect, but it was a surfing thing.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/nathan- ... 46953.html

Curiosity got me to click.


David Muir, NBC, teaser on a 10 year old girl missing in the woods: "They found her sleeping with a drone."

[neoplacebo]

I liked this one because I had no idea what the fuck it was about....."Nathan Flornece Swallowed Alive Surfing Brazilian Death Slab." I didn't know what to expect, but it was a surfing thing.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/nathan- ... 46953.html

Curiosity got me to click.


David Muir, NBC, teaser on a 10 year old girl missing in the woods: "They found her sleeping with a drone."

That headline made me think ''wtf" is this? Having never even touched a surfboard I was totally clueless. The whole goddamn experience made me feel like trump when he's asked a question and then spirals off into irrelevant gibberish. Except in my case, after reading the story, I'd have been able to answer a question about it.