Champoloo [he/him]@hexbear.net to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 days agoEconomists agree: You’re not crazy for feeling like the rich get richer, and the poor are doing worse. Welcome to the ‘K-shaped economy’fortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up180file-textcross-posted to: aboringdystopia@mander.xyz
arrow-up180external-linkEconomists agree: You’re not crazy for feeling like the rich get richer, and the poor are doing worse. Welcome to the ‘K-shaped economy’fortune.comChampoloo [he/him]@hexbear.net to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square34fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: aboringdystopia@mander.xyz
minus-squaremiz [any, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-24 days ago language nerd stuff just want to say how much I appreciate you getting the right “toe” here. I’ve managed to stop correcting people who use “tow” but it still bugs me because it’s the wrong visual metaphor and it changes the meaning!
minus-squaremrfugu [he/him, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days agooh so it’s supposed to be some daffy duck “don’t cross this line!” type shit? I never realized lol
minus-squaremiz [any, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoyep! (cw: NATOpedia) “Toe the line” is an idiomatic expression meaning either to conform to a rule or standard, or to stand in formation along a line. Other phrases which were once used in the early 1800s and have the same meaning were “toe the mark” and “toe the plank”.
language nerd stuff
just want to say how much I appreciate you getting the right “toe” here. I’ve managed to stop correcting people who use “tow” but it still bugs me because it’s the wrong visual metaphor and it changes the meaning!
oh so it’s supposed to be some daffy duck “don’t cross this line!” type shit? I never realized lol
yep!
(cw: NATOpedia)