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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: Scout26 on May 22, 2019, 08:57:04 AM
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Here you go RKL, something even better. An Icelandic volcano spews millions, up on millions ton of ash. That will get the job done....
https://www.foxnews.com/science/forgotten-global-cataclysm-that-killed-millions-in-6th-century-is-virtually-unheard-of
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Thanos approves.
=D
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The writer of that article needs to be flogged and sent back to high school writing class.
'Cataclysm'
536 marked a period in which Earth was plunged into permanent darkness.
t blocked out the Sun, day and night
and a collapse of the global economy.
Maybe he gets paid by hyperbole.
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There has been a lot of unusual activity at Yellowstone recently ,,,
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Weird. They didn't even have SUVs, lawnmowers, coal powered electrical plants, or fracking back then.
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There has been a lot of unusual activity at Yellowstone recently ,,,
That is just a reminder that bad things could happen at any time.
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"and a collapse of the global economy."
That I could see. Far ranging international trade was well established far earlier than that courtesy of the Greek, Chinese, Persian, and Roman empires.
British tin routinely ended up in Asia, Asian silks ended up in Europe, Indian spices ended up everywhere, and the trade in foodstuffs -- olive oil, fish and meat products, grain, etc. -- was monumental.
A collapse in the agricultural economy would have had devastating and far reaching effects on all types of trade.
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Weird. They didn't even have SUVs, lawnmowers, coal powered electrical plants, or fracking back then.
They probably had farting cows, though.
Just sayin'
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They probably had farting cows, though.
Just sayin'
hmmm. Good point. AOC is trying to save us all.
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The writer of that article needs to be flogged and sent back to high school writing class.
Maybe he gets paid by hyperbole.
I hate where the writer starts a new paragraph for every sentence. Maybe he gets paid by the column-inch.
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I hate where the writer starts a new paragraph for every sentence. Maybe he gets paid by the column-inch.
I don't know.
I sort of like it.
It keeps the paragraphs short.
Matching the incredibly short attention span of most of today's modern chimpmen.
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^:)
That Iceland eruption of Eyjafjallajokull in 2010 caused quite a bit of trouble. The way I read it, the ash could screw up jet engines, therefore grounded a lot of flights, and messed up a lot of commerce.
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I don't know.
I sort of like it.
It keeps the paragraphs short.
Matching the incredibly short attention span of most of today's modern chimpmen.
I tend to like more white space when reading. Two sentences per paragraph might be a little better.
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I tend to like more white space when reading. Two sentences per paragraph might be a little better.
Disgusting display of overt racism right there.
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A paragraph consists of 2 or more sentences. PERIOD!
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A paragraph consists of 2 or more sentences. PERIOD!
Yeah.... No.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paragraph
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My professor LIED!
And to think, I would have flunked my English 101 final for a single sentence paragraph! :old:
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Looks like it's going to miss this time.
https://earthsky.org/space/double-asteroid-1999-kw4-closest-may-25-2019
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My professor LIED!
And to think, I would have flunked my English 101 final for a single sentence paragraph! :old:
No, he just had a different opinion based on his preferences.
I had a professor in college who insisted that the first line of a paragraph be indented 5 spaces and who insisted that it was the ONLY correct way of starting a paragraph. He'd mark you down if your papers didn't have indented paragraphs.
It's not a matter of correctness, it's a matter of style. He was a history professor, none of the English professors insisted on it.
Buttericks Typography says that you can either indent the paragraph OR you can put space between the paragraphs to separate them.
Here's a fun discussion... https://www.grammarly.com/blog/great-indentation-debate/