Silly Picture Thread.

[spacesailor]

Just have a look at Hong Kong,

Mass's of ' high-rise' apartments.  Great for the young starting their working life. 

Paid for by their ' superannuation ' scheme.  Not the government at large .

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[Jerry_Atrick]

Ever wondered why there is a mental health pandemic?

[facthunter]

No. It's lack of good information. Too much Fear and Hate and Lack of respect for others.   Nev

[onetrack]

Don't forget the impact of constant advertising that constantly tells you how inadequate you are, unless you have the latest consumer item/beauty treatment/advanced job/biggest house/latest electronic gizmo/etc, etc.........

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This ad appeared in a comic book dated 1963.

 

[onetrack]

Looks like a spoof ad from MAD magazine or something similar. A little overdone.

[old man emu]

Somewhat distantly related to the content of that ad, my daughter-in-law showed me an email she had received from one of her staff. When I rad it, I figured that I could not have written in using my most formal writing style and quick access to a dictionary of thesaurus. My D-i-L told me that the writer was a young woman of limited education. The email had be composed using AI. Without addressing the subject of the email, my D-i-L simply replied asking why the sender had to use AI. The response was that the sender did not want to sound bitchy. 

 

I'm sure that the sender would have received a better response if she had used words and phrasing that were part of her normal speech.

[spacesailor]

But what is normal  speech  nowadays.  

I even pronounce words , that don't sound right with correct spelling .

An a in " nowdays " ( now days / now day's ) .

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[old man emu]

57 minutes ago, spacesailor said:

But what is normal  speech  nowadays

What I meant by that was the type of speech that a person uses talking to friends or in a workplace environment - the way they speak casually. 

 

As a Grammar Policeman, the hairs on my neck rise when I hear people, especially on the ABC making the mistake of not matching the verb number with the noun. Nouns must agree with their verbs. A singular noun needs a singular verb and a plural noun needs a plural verb. However, this error is o prevalent that I am beginning to accept it as an example of the evolution of English grammar.

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Americans are the worst. Mixing pronoun genders (the woman asked his husband..) and all their own words y'all.

 

2 hours ago, spacesailor said:

An a in " nowdays " ( now days / now day's )

Spacey, nowadays is the correct word and spelling according to the dictionary. The meaning is "in the present time". Nowdays is misspelling.

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[Jerry_Atrick]

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