RmDebArc_5@lemmy.ml to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 2 years agoJust because it’s better than windows doesn’t make it goodlemmy.mlimagemessage-square153linkfedilinkarrow-up1561arrow-down191
arrow-up1470arrow-down1imageJust because it’s better than windows doesn’t make it goodlemmy.mlRmDebArc_5@lemmy.ml to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square153linkfedilink
minus-squaredb2linkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down2·2 years ago MacOS is way more often worse than Windows than how Linux does it. Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
minus-squarethorbot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agothey don’t think it be like it is, but it do
minus-squarePipoca@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoThat’s different, in that its grammatical in a dialect but not in Standard American English. In particular, it’s using the ‘habitual be’. It’s saying something like “people don’t think it always is like it currently is, but it’s always like this.”
minus-squarePipoca@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 years ago“They don’t think it be like it is, but it do” is originally a quote from a Yankees player, Oscar Gamble, about Yankees management in 1975. It’s a sensible, grammatical construction in his native dialect, but is well remembered mostly because it isn’t very sensible in SAE.
minus-squarethorbot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoThat is a neat tidbit! Thanks for sharing
minus-squarePipoca@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoAs an aside, what Futurama episode did they quote him in?
minus-squareZILtoid1991@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down4·2 years agoSometimes it’s better, sometimes it’s worse, all depending on your usecase.
Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
they don’t think it be like it is, but it do
That’s different, in that its grammatical in a dialect but not in Standard American English.
In particular, it’s using the ‘habitual be’. It’s saying something like “people don’t think it always is like it currently is, but it’s always like this.”
It’s a Futurama quote, my dude
“They don’t think it be like it is, but it do” is originally a quote from a Yankees player, Oscar Gamble, about Yankees management in 1975.
It’s a sensible, grammatical construction in his native dialect, but is well remembered mostly because it isn’t very sensible in SAE.
That is a neat tidbit! Thanks for sharing
As an aside, what Futurama episode did they quote him in?
Sometimes it’s better, sometimes it’s worse, all depending on your usecase.