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"did you used to be"

Followed by a quip about an IQ score. Something something glass houses...

The quote is from a child. It's almost like children speak that way sometimes.

Reposting my comment to combat mod abuse:

"did you used to be"

Followed by a quip about an IQ score. Something something glass houses...

The mod log reason for removing this comment thread is "Toxic and pointless off-topic comment thread about grammar in a meme." That's not mod abuse, it's just moderation. Mod abuse would be telling you to fuck off.

The quote is from a child. It's almost like children speak that way sometimes.

I mean, if the line is supposed to be coming from a curious child, poor grammar is excusable

An adult wrote that. That's why it's embarrassing.

I wouldn't necessarily, myself, consider an adult writing the realistically flawed dialogue of a child to be embarrassing.

#1 That does not sound like a child, or someone trying to write like one.

#2 They're adult topics and adult talking points, so we are, again, not quoting a child.

#3 You know this full well and are just arguing in bad faith because you dislike irony being pointed out. You can leave now.

IQ tests are about reasoning ability, not nitpicky grammar rules.

Prescriptive grammar is useless and often racist. "Use to be" and "Used to be" are identical when spoken. There is no practical reason to know the difference or to care about rules regarding past participles and their relationship to the word "did" unless you are grading a paper or jerking off to your own superiority complex.

If language conveys meaning, it is sufficient. If you can't understand the meaning of a sentence with this kind of error, you might be a poorly programmed AI.

"no practical reason", except for the fact that no one would understand you if you decided to replace the entirety of your sentences with oogas and boogas. It's as if language serves a purpose, curious how that works.

IQ tests aren't even a valid metric of reasoning, they've been debunked... Yet another reason not to take this post seriously. I'll provide sources since it seems like you can't be bothered, with a god complex like yours, no wonder you think your word is law...

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6480769/

https://www.rider.edu/blog/are-iq-tests-flawed-rider-professor-explores-dark-history-iq-tests-ted-platform

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/12/121219133334.htm

Not to even mention... You think correcting spelling/grammar mistakes is racist. Do you even know the history of IQ tests you're vehemently defending like a clown?

https://www.nea.org/nea-today/all-news-articles/racist-beginnings-standardized-testing

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8376687/

https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/28152/chapter/212962746

"no practical reason", except for the fact that no one would understand you if you decided to replace the entirety of your sentences with oogas and boogas. It's as if language serves a purpose, curious how that works.

IQ tests aren't even a valid metric of reasoning, they've been debunked... Yet another reason not to take this post seriously. I'll provide sources since it seems like you can't be bothered, with a god complex like yours, no wonder you think your word is law...

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6480769/

https://www.rider.edu/blog/are-iq-tests-flawed-rider-professor-explores-dark-history-iq-tests-ted-platform

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/12/121219133334.htm

Not to even mention... You think correcting spelling/grammar mistakes is racist. Do you even know the history of IQ tests you're vehemently defending like a clown?

https://www.nea.org/nea-today/all-news-articles/racist-beginnings-standardized-testing

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8376687/

https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/28152/chapter/212962746

Oh honey.... I'm sorry you don't have better ways to interact with the world.

Oh sorry I hadn't realised you had run out of arguments and moved on to ad hominem. Just went through your comment history. Seems like you're a sour old woman who hates men. Checks out, honestly.

You would need to be, to reach these levels of unhinged...

Probably sensory overload. You know, from autism?

This one is great, all men are surely the problem, it couldn't possibly be you. Gotta keep denying it of course.

Of course, the entire patriarchy must hate you from those comments, so sad. I'll send thoughts and prayers, that'll make it better, surely. Both are just as imaginary.

Oh sorry I hadn't realised you had run out of arguments and moved on to ad hominem. Just went through your comment history. Seems like you're a sour old woman who hates men. Checks out, honestly.

You would need to be, to reach these levels of unhinged...

Probably sensory overload. You know, from autism?

This one is great, all men are surely the problem, it couldn't possibly be you. Gotta keep denying it of course.

Of course, the entire patriarchy must hate you from those comments, so sad. I'll send thoughts and prayers, that'll make it better, surely. Both are just as imaginary.

#1 That does not sound like a child, or someone trying to write like one.

#2 They're adult topics and adult talking points, so we are, again, not quoting a child.

#3 You know this full well and are just arguing in bad faith because you dislike irony being pointed out. You can leave now.