You’re not wrong…

Yeah - but when future generations (if there are any) appraise this time frame at least these folk will be seen as being outside and opposed to the oligarch-fascist take over.

But on the WORLD wide web nobody should default to one country’s erroneous understanding of a word.

“I swear, this site is full of people who have no fucking clue how US politics works in the real world.”

My take away is that non-USians seem to understand politics better; generally. I know that’s a gross generalisation but the amount of US people who think “team blue” is both liberal and left wing is just sad…

He believes in a god, but unfortunately he thinks he is it.

In answer to your last question it is an unfortunate, but incontrovertible, truth that the only single qualification for becoming an adult is staying alive long enough. That’s it.

I’ve been adulting for almost three decades. No fucker has ever made me sit an exam. It’s crazy. I wouldn’t trust me to adult, but here I am…

“… assumed to be… looks like… could be construed as… according to a source…”are all weasel words and phrases to avoid litigation, to give a little leeway if it got to court.

Reporting - with a nod and a wink; and a little protection.

My favourite euphemism for “drunk/drugged and aggressive” celebrities in newspaper stories is “tired and emotional”.

Sometimes it’s best to say something without actually saying it if you want to stay in business. Granted, it’s not ideal.

Hello again,

I’ve just been talking to my friend who is an editor of a US paper and she says (and I don’t doubt) that “lede” is the only correct spelling of the word in the US - but the rest of the English speaking world has the choice of spelling both ways with no hard and fast rule.

Guess we were both right - and both wrong - at the same time.

Both spellings are correct and do not impact the meaning. “Lede” has only this one meaning whilst “Lead” can mean a few different things.