• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
    632·
    6 days ago

    Less bike lanes

    100% he’s going to make that happen

    and cheaper parking

    0% he’s going to make that happen

    Free market, bitches! Prices. Only. Go. Up!

    • TheRealKuni@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      6 days ago

      THANK YOU.

      (Obviously this doesn’t matter. Language evolves. And no one cared about this rule until the last 200 years or so. But my parents drilled this particular correction so firmly into my brain that it bothers me when others get it wrong. “Fewer in number, less in amount.” Similarly, “farther in distance, further in degree.” And you stand on a PODIUM, you speak from behind a LECTERN.)

      (I might have some lexicographical trauma. 😅)

  • stoly@lemmy.worldEnglish
    402·
    5 days ago

    “Fewer” since they are countable.

    ETA this is basic grammar and not something you can just take exception with because you feel like it. The responses I’m receiving are very odd.

    • uis@lemm.eeEnglish
      41·
      6 days ago

      If there are two bike lanes merging into one, there are one, two or three bike lanes?

            • chumbalumber@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
              3·
              6 days ago

              Depends on if you’re using water to include types of water (if, like a maniacal madman, you have mixed Evian, Buxton and Harrogate mineral water into one jug). Then ‘i mixed fewer waters’ or ‘there are fewer waters in that glass’ would be valid.

              To be clear: I’m not the person you replied to, just someone who finds it quite interesting (in the same way that the plural fishes is valid if you’re talking about different species of fish).

              And yes, I know prescriptivism is bad, but also it is quite fun.

              • stoly@lemmy.worldEnglish
                3·
                5 days ago

                Those are homonyms. Water versus waters. The second one is metaphorical.

                I did enjoy your comment and you sound like you’ve had some linguistic training.

                • chumbalumber@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
                  21·
                  5 days ago

                  Eh, you wouldn’t use the noun water to refer to atoms of water. ‘How many waters are there?’ to refer to atoms of water is the statement of someone deranged

            • aidan@lemmy.worldEnglish
              11·
              6 days ago

              I believe there are about 55.508435 moles of H2O in a liter of water at sea level (basically assuming 1 liter of water = 1kg of water)

                • aidan@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  31·
                  5 days ago

                  Atoms of water are measured in moles. Atoms are discrete units, a mole is just a certain number of them

            • uis@lemm.eeEnglish
              11·
              1 day ago

              If there are two bike lanes merging into one, there are one, two or three bike lanes?

              Water isn’t countable but lanes are.

              What question are you answering?

    • sem@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      11·
      5 days ago

      They are indeed… Where did the whole “if two bike lanes converge” question come from??

      I was going to make the same joke.

      “Fewer. I mean more. More bike lanes.”

  • quoll@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    45·
    6 days ago

    good news. car brained loser is sitting on 3.36%.

    well funded campaign (assume oxford st small biz tyrants and paddington geriatrics), posters everywhere.

    https://vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/LG2401/sydney/mayoral

    i wish this would be seen as a vindication for active transport… but we all know the anti bike blow hards wont miss a beat.

    edit: big fucking lol. dont think they will get a single council seat.

    • Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      9·
      6 days ago

      After reading the title and seeing the black abyss in the eyes of the great-value Voldemort wannabe, I was scared for a moment that someone who was so openly hostile towards the safety of cyclists could win an election. It brings me great relief to know that is not the case.

    • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
      71·
      6 days ago

      well funded campaign (assume oxford st small biz tyrants and paddington geriatrics), posters everywhere.

      love the no bullshit analysis naming the supporters specifically…

      we should make politicians wear their sponsors on their suits like NASCAR drivers so folks know who they are allotting their tax money to lol

  • auzy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    19·
    6 days ago

    That just means more cyclists on the roads.

    That will just make people like him angrier. Good

  • Grass@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    25·
    7 days ago

    I guess regardless of country, people pushing shit like this can’t seem to make a natural looking facial expression. Its like they try to replicate what happy people look like to them in order to get the response they see others receive but the best they can do is the trail leading into the uncanny valley

  • mlg@lemmy.worldEnglish
    281·
    7 days ago

    God please no, Sydney actually has viable public transport compared to something like the US.

    There’s so many cool JDM type stuff there probably because enthusiasts keep cars around the city.

    I’d much rather be able to see all the slick WRXs and Evos while walking than having to drive a crapbox into Sydney.