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Google Flat-Out Refuses to Bargain With Workers, Prompting YouTube Music Strike (www.vice.com)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Easier to say than "aluminium"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Alumilum.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"Aluminum" at least has 1 less syllable. But I usually just say "foil." What else would I be talking about in that context?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

“Aluminum” at least has 1 less syllable. But I usually just say “foil.” What else would I be talking about in that context?

a·lu·mi·num

tin·foil

(Sorry for the 'ackshully', but couldn't resist.)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

ACKSHULLY, I was referring to "aluminum" as opposed to "aluminium."

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's not how you spelled it though in your comment.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Easier to say than “aluminium”

Is the comment I was replying to.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Fair enough. I didn't read the comment previous to yours, just your comment directly, so I thought you were referring to 'aluminum' versus 'tinfoil'.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

One less than aluminium

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Didn't even realize that was a word until I looked it up.

the chemical element of atomic number 13, a light silvery-gray metal.

Not sure how that relates in a conversation about tinfoil hats usage but sure why not.

I'm sure the composition of the devices has a significant performance impact on their effectiveness, worthy of discussion. :p

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

The successor to tin foil is aluminum foil. "Aluminum" is called "aluminium" in English-speaking countries outside the US.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh there we go, okay that explains it.

Yeah you guys on the other side of the pond like using extra letters in your words like 'colour'. :p

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Colour is closer to you than you think (look up)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Um, by "look up", if you mean my reply, I was spelling it how it's spelled over in Europe, not America.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I mean up as in on a map. Canada, north of the US, uses colour

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I mean up as in on a map.

Ah, so you were speaking geographically, and not Lemmyically.