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Pure authoritarianism (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by Stamets@lemmy.world to c/funny@sh.itjust.works

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[–] nyamlae@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Why do you think it's superior?

[–] AugustWest@lemmy.world -1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

That’s a fair question. My most honest answer isn’t a very good one: I can’t stand it.

Linguistically, I don’t get it. “Fixing to” doesn’t seem to offer any benefit over “about to” or “going to” and as far as I can tell it doesn’t have any logical meaning at all.

[–] wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works 1 points 45 minutes ago

So, just for clarification, you're ok with "boutta"?