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10-20-2018, 10:31 PM
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To shreds, you say?
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Children of a fewer god - my new rebellion
One of my nails on the blackboard things is when people use the word ‘less’ with countable nouns instead of ‘fewer’.
As in, “there’s less people...”. Since people around here think it’s also ok to say shit like, ‘on accident’, or ‘over top of’ I’ve decided that from now on I’m going to start using fewer for non countable nouns as a way of leveling the playing field. As in, “that small glass holds fewer liquid than the big one” Fuck em.
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10-20-2018, 10:46 PM
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The future is unwritten
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The purpose of language, written or spoken, is to make the recipient understand your message.
Pedantry is silly when you know exactly what they mean. Much ado about nothing. 
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10-20-2018, 10:56 PM
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I love it when a plan comes together.
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Go with the flow and you'll have one thing fewer to worry about.
(oh noes, it's contagious) |
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10-21-2018, 07:49 AM
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Read? I only know how to write.
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Irritating is when people ... Disheartening is when people ... Aggravating is when people ... Prophetic is when people ... Harrassing is when people ... Onerous is when people ... Unpleasant is when people .... Disconcerting is when people ... Painful is when people .... Why blame the poor blackboard? |
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10-21-2018, 08:08 AM
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still says videotape
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Shots fired!
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10-21-2018, 01:27 PM
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The Un-Tuckian
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Frustrating, irritating, disheartening, aggravating, harassing, onerous, unpleasant, disconcerting, painful is when TW...
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10-21-2018, 08:20 AM
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UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION
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I would argue it's not the blackboard, it's the nails.
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10-21-2018, 08:26 AM
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I love it when a plan comes together.
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...maybe if there were less of them.
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10-21-2018, 02:04 PM
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I love it when a plan comes together.
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...is right and Gravdigr is wrong. Forgot about Henry Ford (II) didn'tja?
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10-21-2018, 03:47 PM
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The future is unwritten
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FoMoCo would like to.
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10-21-2018, 08:07 PM
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To shreds, you say?
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Yeah I have a thesaurus but it’s terrible. Not only that it’s also terrible.
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10-21-2018, 09:27 PM
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The future is unwritten
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Thesaurus, isn't that the kind of Dinosaur Jesus rode?
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10-22-2018, 08:17 AM
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Read? I only know how to write.
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Let's burn the books. Then only delightful will exist. Antonyms are more pleasant. Save the world. We need more English Nazis. |
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10-22-2018, 09:15 AM
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To shreds, you say?
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10-24-2018, 06:22 AM
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Junior Master Dwellar
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Prime Minister's Question Time is on the TV as I type.
I happened to wander through the living room a few minutes ago, as a politician, in the highest of high dudgeon, complained about '500 less police officers'. I am pleased to say that both my father and I (in even higher dudgeon, were that possible) yelled 'FEWER' at the offender. Standards are slipping these days.
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