minus-squareDeacon@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Wall Street Banks Prepare to Sell Billions of Dollars of X LoanslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down2·6 days agoOn the one hand, yes. On the other hand, even if it is unnecessary effort, spelling it out can be a form of rhetorical emphasis distinct from simply putting it in quotes. linkfedilink
minus-squareDeacon@lemmy.worldtoProgrammer Humor@programming.dev•"Now I don't wanna" ~The Buglinkfedilinkarrow-up18·13 days agoDamn this meme image is crisp as fuck. linkfedilink
minus-squareDeacon@lemmy.worldtomovies@lemm.ee•Don’t Look Up director says ‘half a billion people’ have now seen film despite criticslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up64·14 days agoThe unsubtlety of the metaphor is the metaphor though. I honestly think this will be a future classic if society survives long enough for such things. linkfedilink
On the one hand, yes.
On the other hand, even if it is unnecessary effort, spelling it out can be a form of rhetorical emphasis distinct from simply putting it in quotes.