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. The race of a voice actor doesn't matter

. It is possible to wear yoga pants because there comfy

. You don't need to shower everyday

. It is possible to crossdress/be gender non-conforming without being trans

. Monty Python is very overrated

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[-] [email protected] 74 points 2 weeks ago

Your opinion of Monty Python is bad, and you should feel bad.

The word Data was originally a plural word, and should be again, for all time

[-] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago

Data is plural of datum, which also corresponds to the English word date. When Gregorian calender was introduced in Europe, for decades dates were the only things written in Indian style numerals.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

datus/data means "given", as in the metaphysical sense of the word, since the word started being used for statistics in a period where measurements were considered an objective observation of material reality, which was in fact considered "given" and not interpreted.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The word Data was originally a plural word

and because of that its not “data is beautiful” it’s “data are beautiful”

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Seconded on Monty Python - he should feel terrible about that travesty.

Also a shower per day minimum for everyone is necessary and that’s the hill I’m dying on. Clean your stinky arse up.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago

I just shower because I like it. A more important factor in personal hygiene is if you wash your hands or not. I see so many people who piss and shit and then just run their hands under water quickly it’s fucking gross.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

I used to think that as well. But what if it turned out that over-showering was actually the thing that makes you stinky?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Everyone needs a bidet. Literally clean yo stinky ass up!

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Isn't data uncountable in english?

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

Except data usually refers to a single set of data, so it is both plural and singular.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

A set of multiple things is a plural, friend. A set of dishes, a set of clothes, a set of knives, a set of tools. THESE tools, THESE clothes, THESE knives, THESE data.

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