Rose56 to memes@lemmy.world • 18 days agoScam artist and the elixir of immortalitylemmy.caimagemessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1440arrow-down117
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minus-square@GreenKnight23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink7•18 days agoback in the day news papers were like long tweets. it cost extra for more words/characters. so they remove/replace ones that didn’t break context. 👈 like I did here. removed 8 words but preserved the idea.
minus-square@kibiz0r@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish12•18 days agoBut just saying “which he named” would be less characters and make more sense
minus-square@lugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilink5•18 days agoMaybe a post editor hastily deleted some words?
back in the day news papers were like long tweets.
it cost extra for more words/characters.
so they remove/replace ones that didn’t break context. 👈 like I did here. removed 8 words but preserved the idea.
But just saying “which he named” would be less characters and make more sense
Maybe a post editor hastily deleted some words?