pedantic hill you're willing to die on?

Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world – 461 points – 2 months ago

For me, it may be that the toilet paper roll needs to have the open end away from the wall. I don't want to reach under the roll to take a piece! That's ludicrous!

That or my recent addiction to correcting people when they use "less" when they should use "fewer"

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I'll go a step further.

I regularly use ~~comma's~~ commas where they don't belong, just to reflect my speech patterns IRL.

And, apparently, apostrophes too.

Dammit

I thought it was deliberate for the LOLs

Nope, I'm just a bit stupid from time to time.

This was the most refreshingly honest answer I've read in a long time. And it made me laugh. Thanks for both.

Seconded

This, but also I just use my native language punctuation rules and hope for the best.

A weird nit for me...but isn't that what ellipses are for? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellipsis

Depending on context, ellipsis can indicate an unfinished thought, a leading statement, a slight pause, an echoing voice, or a nervous or awkward silence.