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minus-squareTheFogan@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months agoAs Mitch Hedberg would say They used to use it they still do. But they used to, too!
minus-squareLegianus@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·2 months agoBeing pedantic it is added detail. As native Americans did it, even if they still do it, they could have originally/historically not done so. And also are there tribes/larger groups of native americans that did stop doing it? Then that statement is even stronger
minus-squarecheesybuddha@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoOk, so it wasn’t even an added detail. It was changing the topic to present day instead of the past. That’s even further from a correction imo
“was” vs. “is”
As Mitch Hedberg would say
They used to use it
they still do.
But they used to, too!
Being pedantic it is added detail. As native Americans did it, even if they still do it, they could have originally/historically not done so.
And also are there tribes/larger groups of native americans that did stop doing it? Then that statement is even stronger
Ok, so it wasn’t even an added detail. It was changing the topic to present day instead of the past. That’s even further from a correction imo