Admittedly it’s not the only double plural in English. “Children” is a weird word when one thinks about it.

Yes? That’s why “y’all” makes no sense. You’re pluralising something that’s already plural.

Yeah. Hereabouts people use “youse”.

Tha can take my second person singular whenst tha take my life

We should revive the usage of English’s actual second person singular pronoun: thou.

Strong disagree.

I don’t know how practical that is, but if it could be done wouldn’t it be better than just hurting them?

Let them see the rural black communities they spent decades suppressing actually be empowered. Let them see their children educated and happier living in a multicultural world. Let them see their worldview collapse.

Let them see their communities *change* for the *better*. Nothing would hurt them more than that.

In some ways I might argue that the very best way for you to get your revenge would be to rework things to make it easier and more likely for the children and grandchildren of the rural conservatives to become liberal.

I think it’s important to target actions appropriately. You don’t want to catch the next generation of kids who would go to college and move to the cities in the area of effect.

Personally I would argue that rural mail delivery has historically acted as a supportive lifeline to the vulnerable people otherwise trapped in rural areas.

I could see an argument that the internet has largely replaced this now though

i just think there is a large delta between the things LLMs are genuinely useful for and the things they are being sold as useful for

Yeah, it’s amazing how much varies between institutions even within the same field. And that’s not even starting on how things vary between fields.

In mathematics the way to be listed as first author is to have a name that starts with A.

(Yes, this is a joke)