• @Duamerthrax
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      4513 hours ago

      Other people have already mentioned scientology, so I’ll add this.

      • @jaybone
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        1710 hours ago

        Why are the years in feet?

        • @finitebanjo
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          49 hours ago

          It probably annotates abbreviation of the full year 1985 1986 1987, etc, so people don’t get confused and think Tom Cruise was 87 when he married Mimi Rogers.

          I can’t say if it’s a good or bad annotation, but theres a possible explanation.

          • @jaybone
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            109 hours ago

            But don’t you put that on the left, to replace the “19” or “20”?

              • TheRealKuni
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                38 hours ago

                Just to be pedantic, you should use “whoever” there, not “whomever.”

                To tell whether to use “who” or “whom,” replace it with “he” or “him” and follow the ‘m.’

                “he made this” vs “him made this”

                • @AppaYipYip
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                  27 hours ago

                  Omg thank you for this!!! I never understood when whom would ever be used!!

                • @[email protected]
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                  Can I get an example for whomever please? My brain is slow today but like learning new grammar tips.

                  • TheRealKuni
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                    Sure!

                    “If I’m asked, I’ll give grammar tips to whomever.”

                    Whomever is tough, because often this would be constructed as “I’ll give grammar tips to whoever asks.” And you would use “who” there, because “whoever” is the subject of the clause “whoever asks.”

                    Generally speaking, it’s usually safe to pick “whoever” over “whomever.”

                    But if you drop the “-ever” it’s a lot easier. Anywhere you’d use “him” (that is, the objective pronoun), you use “whom.” To whom, for whom, by whom, etc.

            • @finitebanjo
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              Idk why or who makes the conventions. It might be a required format, kind of like how you’re supposed to start numbering pages in APA after the title page.

      • @[email protected]
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        1011 hours ago

        I went down a rabbit hole on this one. I think the age may be irrelevant, or only correlated with children. At least Kidman and Holmes left him over Scientology. They were trying to avoid having their kids indoctrinated. That worked for Holmes, backfired on Kidman. It might have worked for Holmes because it backfired on Kidman. https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/06/28/after-tom-cruise-once-denied-abandoning-suri-she-seems-to-get-the-last-word/

        • ivanafterall ☑️
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          37 hours ago

          You’re thinking of kittens and puppies and it’s usually like a couple of weeks.

      • @CluckN
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        813 hours ago

        Does Leonardo get the same hate?

        • @Duamerthrax
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          1012 hours ago

          Leonardo DiCaprio? I don’t know much about him. If you mean the young girlfriend/partners, those are transactional relationships. He gets arm candy and they get access to high level producers and directors at parties. I feel like it’s much more honest and safe that they aren’t married to him.