On accident
I kind of can’t take people seriously when they say On accident, I don’t know or care if its more or less grammatical, it sounds like a child sputtering in my mind. It should be By accident or accidentally
Tummy
Any adult has zero business saying this lol
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People who consider drinking alcohol and getting drunk “fun” are dangerous to be around.
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Visiting the US and expressing atheism is dangerous.
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Ha! How much time have you got?
Shallow and pedantic is my speciality.
But for the sake of brevity I’ll simply say that hearing (or reading) less in cases where fewer would be more appropriate is like driving an ice pick into my brain.
Yes…both are technically correct, but I have to fight the urge to be that guy whenever I hear it.
Excusing folks with dyscalculia, those of you who speak proudly and openly about how bad you are at math can die in a fire.
Functioning adults are expected to read. You should also be able to calculate reasonable numbers and percentages without needing the calculator on your phone to know what 20% is; Or what one half of 3/8 is.
So, the way you have phrased this is blatantly ableist. It’s like you’re saying you hate people who are blind because they refuse to learn to read. You’re annoyed with people who CHOOSE not to learn, and attacking other people who have a disability. Don’t use the technical terms for actual disabilities when that’s not what you are talking about. Your friend isn’t “OCD” because they like when things match.
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People using “was” when they mean “were”.
And the classic “should of/could of”.
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Me when I say “et cetera” in normal conversation
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Ugh along the same lines, eXpresso drives me nuts.
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You’re incorrect, “expresso” in French is pronounced /ɛk.spʁɛ.so/.
I’m a snobby barista, so I stick to the more Italian-like prononciation even when speaking French, but the French word expresso is pronounced as its written.
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They’re called Lego pieces or just “Lego”, not “Legos”. It is the official way to say it, but more importantly I got used to it while growing up. I would always say “Lego ___”, for instance Lego sets, Lego bricks, Lego pieces: “Pass me the Lego brick.” The only time I would say “Lego” is as a group: “Bring the Lego upstairs.” Everytime I hear “Legos” my eye twitches because it sounds so wrong. Not sure where I picked this up but I will die on this hill.
That’s the official recommendation from LEGO as well. I found a piece of paper that mentions this in the box of one of my dad’s old LEGO sets.
I refuse to order takeout. People who eat takeout are not maximizing their enjoyment. Dine-in is the best way to appreciate fast food. Everything on location is part of a memorable eating experience - the music, the seating, waiting, the friendly workers who get to know you. You’re better off experiencing everything that is exclusive to fast food.
Maybe it’s just my corner of the world, but I don’t think I’ve been in a fast food joint in the last ten years and found a single eating surface that wasn’t covered in the trash of the previous person who sat there, sticky, or both. The employees just don’t seem to be keeping the places clean and, to be honest, I don’t blame them. Make the food, take the money, call it a day. Minimum wage gets minimum effort, and I dig it. But because I am autistic and can’t stand sticky tables, I get it to go.
If you put your cheese on top of the other pizza toppings you should be institutionalised.
Don’t order a pizza in Cornwall, ON then. Lol
Luckily I live closer to Italy than to the US.
Canada in this case but close enough. Cornwall’s right on the border.
Cornwall pizza is my fav in the world. This is even after being to Naples and having a legit pizza there (which was excellent of course). I just love the thick crust, overabundance of toppings and a thick blanket of cheese baked until its crispy enough to hold in one hand and nothing slides off. The pizza is typically over an inch thick. In the range of 3-4 cm thick lol. One slice is typically enough to sate most appetites. Tasty stuff. Fork/knife use is not shunned lol
https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/0f/12/b5/c5/21-avril-2017.jpg
We have frozen pizzas that look similar, they’re called “American Style”.
Also, Naples pizza is different from Roman pizza and so on. Tiny country compared to anything North American, but very different cultures. North and South Italians barely consider each other the same kind of people.
Unless you have a health condition that causes it, morbid obesity is gross. I don’t mean being fat. I’m talking the mom in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape. Also, you shouldn’t need a rascal scooter to shop in Wal-Mart unless you have such a health condition.
If I’m driving, and you throw a negative hand gesture at me, I’m going to follow you to see if you’re willing to throw that hand gesture directly in my face.
That might be less shallow and shows that I might have some anger management issues. Certainly pedantic though
Sounds like you’re doing more damage to yourself than the stranger did.
Maybe… maybe not. I have a lot of rage built up in me that I haven’t been able to release in a healthy manner. Generally I can push it down, but, just like everyone else, I have my triggers and will absolutely unleash my rage and chaos wins. Sorry for the corny wording. It’s all I could think of haha
Settle down, Dennis Reynolds.
Had to search your reference. I hate Always Sunny
Not shallow or pedantic, just psychotic.I suck, please downvote me.Edit: Much like you chasing down angry drivers for making you angry, my attempt to out-troll you was impulsive, misguided, and ineffectual. Sorry for calling you psychotic and a poison to society, obviously that was projection. Also sorry for shame-deleting my embarrassment, this one stays so I can be publicly humiliated as I should be. Time to pay the Troll Toll…
Sorry for the shitty, backhanded apology too, I really couldn’t figure out a way to do it 100% earnestly without just deleting my whole profile. I figure even that would be a cop-out, and this way, I think, I’m bound to get downvoted to oblivion. As deserved.
Well. Then you should know you’re sharing the road with me
This response is literally road rage. (Given the discussion about literally vs figuratively elsewhere in the thread, I genuinely mean literally).
Road rage is dangerous for you, the other driver, and other bystanders on the road. Please reassess how you respond to perceived aggressions and slights while driving. The only time you should escalate is if another road user is actively putting others in harm’s way (e.g. DUI) and even then the best course of action is probably calling your local authorities for them to handle the situation. If the situation is not severe enough to warrant a 911 call, your focus should be on de-escalation (before it turns into a situation that is).
Just because you called it out and this is a thread about pedantry: road rage is an idiomatic phrase, which is a type of figurative language. So, you were using literally to emphasize figurative language rather than try to clarify you weren’t using the idiomatic meaning of the phrase but rather a literal.
Weird thing is that I perceived that my statement was related to pedanticism. I’ll agree I’m not a pedantic in a traditional sense, but road rules and environment can potentially be pedantic because there are certain rules that need to be followed to ensure proper road etiquette. I.e. following distance, mental condition, speeding, lane discipline, and courtesy to other drivers
And I’m not questioning your intelligence, but pedanticism is a difficult word today. It means “the qualities of a pedant”
A pedant is a person obsessed with small details
I didn’t say your statement was pedantic. Just that you specifically called out your use of literally as not used in a figurative sense and that this thread in general is about pedantry. Those two things together made it seem not totally insufferable to point out that literal was actually being applied to figurative language.
Fair enough. You make a good point, and again, you are a very intelligent person. At no point were my intentions to insult that
Pretty sure I covered your whole comment with “I might have anger management issues”
And to me, no. It’s not just road rage. It’s the potential of belittling people because of what is most likely misunderstanding or miscommunication. Everyone is guilty of those daily, but if you treat people as a villian or a lesser because of what could be a misunderstanding, and physically express gestures, then how are you with expressing those gestures in person? To me, most people treat others like that because they think they’re either infallible in the situation, infallible period, or they believe there are no repercussions to their actions. When I lose my temper, I go out of my way to prove them all wrong
Edit: Never play me in Mario kart
Maybe you should read up on stoicism.
Allowing someone else’s action control your actions is a massive waste of time, let alone a great way to attract trouble.
Probably. And the biggest thing that convinces me to stand down is that they’re random strangers and don’t deserve my psychotic wrath. And me and the other people can thank my wife. She is the only one that can say something to bring me back to reality, but I don’t know what will happen if she’s not around
Its always amazing to me that the middle finger means anything to anyone beyond playfulness. The only time it ever gets any kind of reaction from me is when its used jokingly/affably, which provokes only a smile and makes me fonder of the person cuz its like an inside joke
For me, my reaction can be a problem. If I keep it up, I’m probably going to get shot. However (and I’ll call it intrusive thoughts) there are so many people that think they’re protected by their armor (cars), but people never expect when other people strip their armor and go “Do it again”. About 80% of my interactions like that have ended with them Either saying they didn’t do that or they apologize. Both reactions tell me a lot about their character, but it also tells me a lot about my character…
The short and skinny of what has been proven to me, and what I can justify, people think they’re untouchable until the very last second where they know they aren’t untouchable. You treat everyone with courtesy and respect in ever aspect of your life, then there’s no problem. You think you’re more entitled than the next person, then you get what you deserve
Other people call that a hero complex, but me personally… I call that a hero complex haha
You are a fascinating person. I don’t mean that in a negative way.
I’ve certainly been called worse haha
