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U.S. school shootings hit another annual record high
  • Because a columbine type of school shooting is different than property damage.

    And people writing these articles know that "some destructive teens did donuts in the school parking lot at night and shot the stop sign" isn't what people think when they say that a "school shooting" has happened.

  • U.S. school shootings hit another annual record high
  • None of it should be happening is right. I just get a skeezy feeling when articles use language they know will get people thinking one thing when they mean another.

  • U.S. school shootings hit another annual record high
  • It's horrible, don't get me wrong. I worry about my own little one, but the distinction is an order of magnitude of a difference in my head. Like the distinction between a troublemaker throwing a lit match in a trash can vs some maniac dousing a building in gasoline.

  • U.S. school shootings hit another annual record high
  • This is depressing, but it also bothers me that there's such a large distinction between how the average person would picture a "school shooting" and what these articles are talking about. Is there a name for that in journalism?

    Like, if someone told me "there was a school shooting at school X today", like most people I would immediately picture someone walking into the building and firing indiscriminately at everyone. Not, "a couple of teens got in a fight in the parking lot, and one pulled out a gun", or "someone shot at the school's sign". (Which are also horrible, but I feel like we need separate terms)

    From the article:

    According to the report, the most commonly known situations associated with such incidents included "escalation of dispute," "drive-by," "illegal activity," "accidental firing of a weapon" and "intentional property damage."

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  • Who is influencing all these tech companies to be this greedy lately?

  • Carrefour puts ‘shrinkflation’ price warnings on food to shame brands
  • It's been an internet thing for long before 2016 (at least mid 00s in my memory), so I don't associate it with them.

  • Carrefour puts ‘shrinkflation’ price warnings on food to shame brands
  • They took the pepe frogs for a while too, but I've been seeing them come back. Nature is healing.

  • I wonder what they did before
  • I truly can't picture it.

  • The salary a single person needs to get by in every U.S. state
  • These are significantly higher than they used to be, but nowhere near some of the most out of touch numbers I've seen people claim online.

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  • Kids can be so crüêl
  • You're welcome. Go out there and be free.

  • Kids can be so crüêl
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    Who watches the watchers?

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  • Having your posts stolen is an honor as old as the internet.

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  • I like the old style comics. Reminds me of stealing the comics section of the paper when I was a kid.

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  • Will you just, take it easy man?!
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  • Is it my app or Lemmy that doesn't like ampersands?

  • Lemmy growth.
  • I'm having much more fun here too