'Friends' Star Matthew Perry Dead at 54 After Apparent Drowning
www.tmz.com
Matthew Perry drowned to death Saturday, law enforcement sources tell TMZ.

So sad :(

      • XIIIesq@lemmy.worldEnglish
        831·
        1 year ago

        I was hoping that any form of “upvoted” was something we’d be leaving behind on Reddit.

        • TALL421@lemmy.oneEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          What else would you call it then, how else would you let the community decide what is or isn’t worth seeing?

          • XIIIesq@lemmy.worldEnglish
            13·
            1 year ago

            I’m not opposed to the terms upvote and downvote.

            I’m opposed to any variation of the comment “I upvoted this!” It adds literally nothing to the conversation, if you liked a post but have nothing to add, then upvote it and then move on like everyone else.

    • Ech@lemm.eeEnglish
      271·
      1 year ago

      Same. Was always hoping to see him make a comeback. Damn shame :\

    • eee@lemm.eeEnglish
      231·
      1 year ago

      He looked 10-20 years older than he should be in the reunion.

  • ominouslemon@lemm.eeEnglish
    20·
    1 year ago

    I have a question for native english speakers. I’ve read the TMZ article and they keep using the ellipses aka the “dot dot dot” (…). Why is that? It’s usually used when skipping words inside quotations, but it does not seem to be the case here. They seem to be used instead of commas. Anyone can explain why?

    • Knightfox@lemmy.oneEnglish
      22·
      1 year ago

      It’s also used for dramatic pause, suspense, or as a setup for a punchline, which may be the case for the title. Other punctuation is probably more appropriate, but oftentimes doesn’t convey the desired level of pause.

      Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side. Why did the chicken cross the road… To get to the other side.

      David Carradine was found dead in Thailand from auto erotic asphyxiation.

      David Carradine was found dead in Thailand… From auto erotic asphyxiation

    • sugartits@lemmy.worldEnglish
      211·
      1 year ago

      Even as a native English speaker that doesn’t make any sense.

      Trash news sources have trash grammar. Go figure.

    • CluckN@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15·
      1 year ago

      People are saying AI but I believe it’s more of a template. When a celebrity dies the first article out has a huge advantage for getting clicks. They might’ve quickly added details to the template and posted without deleting the ellipses.

      • ominouslemon@lemm.eeEnglish
        10·
        1 year ago

        Looking at other articles, it looks like abusing the ellipses is something they do frequently

    • MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      It’s definitely not normal. Ellipses can be used for pausing too. But you are right the kinds of pauses in this article requires, commas would suffice. Almost makes it seem jokey and disrespectful to read it out with the ellipses pauses.

      • ominouslemon@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Now that I think about it, it’s actually my first time reading a TMZ piece. Looking at other articles, it does seem to be a thing they do pretty frequently. Weird!

    • jaybone@lemmy.worldEnglish
      61·
      1 year ago

      This is an odd article. Reads like it was written by AI.

      The ellipses usage is definitely strange.

      I would say you could use it as a pause for thought, or to imply to the reader to draw their own conclusion, or that there is additional unwritten information left up to the reader to deduce or use their imagination.

      It certainly feels weird the way they use it in this article.

  • eee@lemm.eeEnglish
    104·
    1 year ago

    Aw man. Even the main Seinfeld cast is still around.

    Shows what substance abuse does I guess. RIP

  • frequenttimetraveler@lemmy.worldEnglish
    611·
    1 year ago

    united states internal news …

    Though TBH i don’t understand what qualifies as “world news” here. Lemmy is not american