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[–] _danny@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It's very akin to reddit ~10 years ago. Grammar nazis, "um actually" and pedantic debates are everywhere. You just have to not engage and consistently remember the other guy is probably a sweaty nerd who cares way more than you do.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The worst part is the pedants aren't even right most of the time. I've seen so many people complaining about perfectly acceptable sentence structure.

I tell myself they're just younger folks that have been failed by their schools, but then I get sad that they're younger folks that have been failed by their schools.

[–] Speculater@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Actually, it's not always young kids, we all suck at grammar and that's okay. If clear communication took place, who cares?

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The problem is that they're not recognizing clear communication and yet assume anything that confuses them is a mistake made by another.

[–] datavoid@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Let's be honest - we're all sweaty nerds here