40 Of The Smallest Hills People Are Prepared To Die On, As Shared In This Online Group
When people don’t believe in facts, you can try to explain to them the science behind it, but you will not necessarily succeed and there is no point in arguing. People like to do that anyway. Sometimes it’s very important, such as when it comes to huge topics like vaccination, and it’s actually useful to make the other person see it your way, but other times it’s just small little things like usage of a word or food preference.
Even though these are small things when looking at the big picture, people are wholeheartedly convinced in them and we all probably have an opinion about an insignificant thing that doesn’t coincide with what the majority thinks. It actually reveals the way you think, so Reddit user FunWithAPorpoise asked people what are their smallest hills that they’ll die on.
This fun thread went a bit viral on Reddit with almost 34k upvotes and nearly 26k people got involved in the conversation, sometimes pointing out valid truths and in other cases making you want to argue with them.
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Those new LED headlights should be banned. They might make the owner safer but not other drivers as they drive into f**king ditches because they were blinded by Klieg lights masquerading as car lights.
As someone with light sensitivity, regular lights are bad enough. If you need a mini super nova firing out of your car to feel safe driving in the dark, you shouldn't be driving in the dark to begin with.
I'm super light sensitive & keep orange lens glasses in my glove box for night driving, they make a huge difference. You don't need expensive ones, just service station quality to begin with, if you love them like me then invest in a better pair, they are brilliant
Load More Replies...If you have factory LED headlights that are aimed correctly then they will not shine in anyone's eyes. It's the aftermarket and lifted vehicles that cause blinding. In a perfect world every vehicle should have the same height headlights and bumpers so safety systems (airbags, bumpers, crumple zones, etc.) can work effectively. If you hit me with your tiny d@#& lifted truck when you're drunk driving I am going to get decapitated and you will walk away. How is that reasonable?
Living in a country where there are 18 hours of darkness in the wintertime and where it's mandatory to inspect cars routine based and where aligning of the lights are also inspected I have practically newer been blinded due car headlights.
Load More Replies...Hate them too, they suck on rural roads as much as city ones 😂 and also the people with LEDs that tilt them up for other drivers to crash
This is not a joke, I've pulled off the road due to an onslaught of the headlights coming at me from around the curve
Why would you want to blind the driver who's coming at you?? Not a good idea. And anyone pooh-poohing the blinding effect these lights have ought to try driving on a 2-lane, dark country road at night. Even if you're not looking directly at them as "Mr Miata" here suggests, you cannot see past them on your own side of the road. If there happens to be something or someone on the road just ahead of you, you have almost no chance of seeing it.
If it's raining, it's even worse. The road disappears and all you see is glare.
Load More Replies...YES. My car came with these lights and I HATE IT, but apparently there are no non-blinding lights for my car so I can't change them. People always think I have my brights on. I've lost count of the number of people who pull over so they can get behind me and then aggressively tailgate me with their brights on, like I KNOW THEY'RE RIDICULOUS THERE IS NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT IT.
Speaker phone is not meant for using in public.
I hate this so much! It's so rude. No one cares about your conversation or your life. It's also rude to be on your phone while going through checkout at a store. Hangup and be courteous to the people waiting on you. If you can't do that stay home and browse Amazon ffs.
Bonus points if the person on the other end doesn't know they are on the speaker phone.
Load More Replies...I disagree with this greatly ..... If you don't NEED to use speaker phone then yes, it's kind of rude, but I worked at a disability center for quite a few years and for some of the individuals (especially ones with movement or sensory complications) it was the ONLY way they could use their phone. Be a good human; don't ALWAYS assume someone's rude because of how they use technology.....they might just have a legitimate reason for doing it that way.
I agree with you disagreeing. I don't use a speaker phone in public very often, but when I do it's because I'm shopping for someone else and they need to be able to look at the shelves while on video. I've seen other people in my area do the same thing countless times, either because of covid or because they're shopping for someone elderly. Honestly, as long as it's in a store, even just hearing someone having a loud phone conversation doesn't bother me. It might bother me in an outdoor setting where I'm trying to enjoy myself, but in a store, I'm usually just bored and if nothing else, listening to other people is mildly entertaining
Load More Replies...Except most phones nowadays don't have the headphone jack, and not everyone wants to keep a set of headphones Bluetooth or otherwise with them.
Load More Replies...I will generally join in on the conversation... amazing how quickly the speaker is turned off
Remember walkie-talkie phone trend, what, 20 years ago? all the misery of hearing a speaker phone conversation with the added bonus of an unnecessarily loud annoying CHIRP preceding and/or following the dialogue.
Yes!! I love this one. I hate when people do that. Also, who is so dependent on socializing that they have to talk to people on the phone while shopping? I often wonder if those people are severely uncomfortable with silence or being alone at home. Then again, I could live in a cave so... Edit: dependant or addicted? Hmm...
I have to talk to people on the phone while shopping because I forgot what I was supposed to buy.
Load More Replies...Yes! not only is it annoying and inconsiderate for people around you, it’s probably awkward for the person on the other end of the phone.
I had some moron on the train listening to some awful gameshow which kept making a comedy Boing noise every few seconds. I wanted to insert the phone up their backside sidewards.
You should always use your signals when turning or changing lanes. If you don't, you're just lazy and the worst. Communicate what you plan to do with your screaming metal death trap before you are in the process of doing it!
What gets me is the ones who signal... after they're already half way into the new lane... like what's the point, we already know you're changing lanes...
What gets me is the guy sitting at a red light, no signal, so you get behind him thinking he's going straight. You could've gone in the right side lane but there were more cars. Then, when the light turns green, HE PUTS ON HIS LEFT TURN SIGNAL! Too late! Now I'm stuck there waiting for him to turn or for the lane to my right to clear, and maybe make the light.
Load More Replies...I was told as a kid good drivers signal when no one is around it's a sign of intelligence and good habits
I learnt to signal all the time. It is now automatic and difficult to forget, such that I sometimes signal when turning on my own driveway! LOL
Load More Replies...In some US states, the police *will* ticket your sorry butt for not using your signal. In a couple, I've seen cops bust people for hitting the brakes for the turn before using the turn signal.
I once did an internship at a court house in Rhode Island. I worked for the state trooper on site and had to go through the daily ticket logs that were going before the court. So many tickets for not using a turn signal... It was also as common as your standard speeding and red light/stop sign tickets.
Load More Replies...The ones who think that signaling means they have automatic right of way get on my nerves. No, bleep hole, you still need to look and make sure there is space before you change lanes.
Absolutely! And give plenty of notice before changing lanes too, not just one blink and then start to change lanes. Make sure the other drivers have had time to notice that you want to change.
Load More Replies...this is a huge pet peeve of mine. especially when they're not paying attention to other drivers. just because your Escalade is 4 times bigger than my Spyder, doesn't mean you own the road.grrr
I never used to use my signal, but a realization changed my practice entirely: The turn signal is not a courtesy to other drivers. By signaling my intent, I reduce the chances of being HIT by someone who may be barely paying attention. Whether they're on their phone, doing makeup, or getting a hummer, there are a lot of drivers who are too distracted to operate a motor vehicle safely. Seeing my turn signal may get enough of their attention to avoid a collision.
I had a '12 Carolla SE that was totaled before I made the first payment... A driver was going slower on a straight stretch of road I signalled to pass and proceeded to pull out to complete the pass halfway through, the the stoopid fool turned on his signal and drove into the side of my car. Needless to say he go the tickets but I was still out a car I loved and saved for. Now I signal and blow my horn
Load More Replies...The ammount of people not realizing that the signal is supposed to be set a couple of seconds BEFORE changing lane or direchtions is TOO DAMN HIGH!
I agree! We need to have a “national retraining how to drive day”.
Load More Replies...In some areas, people signal if the car ahead of them is signaling to turn and there is no turn lane. It lets the car behind you know you will be slowing down. Very polite!
There are people who need to be reminded that signals are meant to warn others of your intentions, not indicators that your majesty is coming through, now get out of the way.
Tall burgers completely nullify all the benefits of burgers, and are an abomination unto cuisine.
A good burger is the perfect portable food. It should be edible using only your hands and mouth,without cutlery, and without making too much mess.
You should also be able to sample every layer of ingredient in one bite, without dislocating your jaw
It always happens when people try to complicate a recipe...leave it simple, just the basics. Once it's done right it'll taste amazing.
I think anything made with 5 ingredients or less is always simple and delicious!
Load More Replies...Make them wider, not taller! I cannot unhinge my jaw like a snake to get a bite of everything.
Thank you! A hamburger does not need to be four inches high. Eating a burg ought to be a pleasure, not a messy job.
Then stick to ordering small ones. You cant decide for others how to enjoy their food 😉
Load More Replies...Burgers just need a little mustard, ketchup, one slice of tomato, sand 9999999999999 pickle slices. Nothing more!
Gotta have onions, some lettuce is nice, BBQ sauce instead of ketchup, where the heck is the cheese?
Load More Replies...I strongly disagree. Nothing beats a messy burger from a street vendor at 3am.
Do street vendors make burgers that are 8 inches tall?
Load More Replies...I totally agree with this. Bread-to-meat ratio is really important with any kind of sandwich. (I'm looking at you, mile-high deli sandwiches).
Returning a shopping cart is not that hard. It's the least you can do when utilizing a service.
This annoys me to no end. Walking through the car park and there are carts everywhere. The collection point isn't that far away people...geez.
It's even better when they leave the carts in the middle of parking spots. Parking spots are for cars, not carts. There's a spot for carts 10 feet to the left you lazy turd.
Load More Replies...In my country you have to deposit a coin to unlock a cart and return it to get your money back. So we don't have that problem. But I agree, that everybody should do it regardless.
THANK YOU! It’s usually the baggers job to get the carts. Hopefully with the majority being in the corrals. It’s not a wholly unique job at stores.
Load More Replies...This is why carts in Ireland need a 1 or 2 euro coin to unlock from the trolley bay then you get it back when you return it. You still get some arseholes but not as many as without
Some places in the U.S. have this as well. You'll usually have to put a quarter in a slot to release the cart. Not in all places, sure, but in many.
Load More Replies...I once watched a dude walk the further that it would have taken to put it in the return just to shove it onto the sidewalk, and another time I pulled a cart someone had lifted over the curb into a flowerbed. Quite frankly, it was pretty hard to lift it out so I don't see how putting it there was any easier than walking it to the return
Most places put change recepticles on them, you can't take one unless you have a 1 euro coin. And you're not getting it back unless you return it
Tax should be included in the price with no exceptions.
Also, was $9.99....now $9.99...what a great deal. This wasn't usually the custom here but I've begun to see some stores doing it and it is very annoying.
I saw a similar sign, for clearance on tires. They were $100.50, marked all the way down to $99.99, What a great clearance deal there...
Load More Replies...It would make shopping a whole lot easier not having to figure in tax as you're throwing crap in the buggy.
never done in the US since the tax rates vary by town to town & also state to state... buying the same item out of the city limits can save 1% of the cost, worth the drive on a big-ticket item...
They can do this on other countries because they have a flat tax. We don't have flat tax in the US. Every state, city, and county has their own tax rates and they change constantly. You can't have a system where tax is already included in the price because of that. Or if they do, they'll pad it so you're actually paying more, which would obviously not be preferable.
Not true. The different state taxes would just prevent companies from printing the price on the products themselves, which is rare anyways. And they could do it by just adding a layer onto the current system that added in the correct tax before putting the price on the shelf sticker.
Load More Replies...I don't know how you cope in the states, we (Europe) just pay the indicated price.
Not really that hard to cope by only having to add 7%, or whatever one's state sales tax is, to the price.
Load More Replies...I prefer to see tax separately so I can know who is ripping me off government or business.
Oh, but people so much prefer to be ignorant. I hear it's bliss!
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Kids can be annoying. You’re allowed to think someone’s kid is annoying. You don’t have to tell the kid or their parents. But you can distance yourself if you want.
You don’t have to tolerate any kid if you don’t want to is what I’m getting at.
Substitute "person" for "kids." There are more kids I'd rather hang around than grown-ups. I think a-holes are just a-holes.
Me too! At most get togethers, I'm out on the swing set with the kids, instead of inside with the drunk adults talking about things I just don't care about.
Load More Replies...At the same time, parents shouldn't be so self-entitled as to allow their kids to be annoying in every setting. In some settings, parents actually have to parent and teach their kids to be respectful. People shouldn't have to distance themselves in places they should be able to reasonably expect kids to not be annoying.
I agree. Sometimes the parents are annoying, rude, whatever and the kids are learning that behavior.
Load More Replies...In some places you can distance yourself. But if you go to your favorite restaurant and someone's "little darlings" are running rampant - why should you leave them to it and deny yourself your favorite restaurant?
My niece did that one time, literally running through the restaurant. Her parents just sat there and didn't do anything. We kept telling them to go get her. It was annoying everyone. Finally the manager came over and told them that we would have to leave if they wouldn't control her. My own children were sitting at the table behaving.
Load More Replies...Unless you're stuck on a plane or in a restaurant or a movie theater or anywhere else you've tuned your annoying kid out when everyone else is clearly bothered by.
What about those of us who work retail? Im trapped into cleaning up after you and ur nasty kids. Upside I have extremely well behaved children in public as a result.
My hubby and I are without kids but may change our minds and adopt later in life. Whenever we got to a decent sit down restaurant we always get sat near someone's screaming kids who run around their table and lean over our side of the booth and try to talk with us, which makes my hubs uncomfortable because he's nervous about saying something to offend their parents 🙄
My kids are annoying some times. I don't want you to tell me about it, I'm already trying to deal with them the best I know how so your comment can only make me decide that I should give up trying. I hate when people make comments or give mean looks because they don't know what kids are like. If they are just being annoying and I'm in the process of shushing them, then stay out of it. However, if another kid is being annoying and the parent isn't watching them or isn't even there, those are the kids you can save all your comments for!
So you're saying that it's okay to tell OTHERS their kids are being annoying, only not YOU, specifically. Because others are DIFFERENT, and aren't GOOD PARENTS, like you. They're fair game, but you aren't, even though your kids are doing the exact same thing as theirs. Got it.
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It’s “couldn’t care less” and not “could care less”.. this shouldn’t even be a question but you’d be surprised how many people are willing to die on the could care less hill.
One that annoys me..."Fewer" and "number of" are used with things that can be counted. "Less" and "amount of" are used with things that can be measured. Fewer calories and less fat. Number of people, but amount of water.
And don't forget "Could of" instead of "Could have"
Load More Replies...I often say "I could care less...but it'd take some effort" just to try and bait pedants with the first part.
Most folks don't know words, or care about definitions, let alone etymology. The rest of us, the word smiths and word adorers must grimace and endure it. They're, there and their. You're and your. If things go from worse to worst. The list of language abuses is long.
Please, stop saying/writing the word hung when you mean hanged. Draperies are hung, unfortunate people are hanged. Drives me nuts! Thank you.
One of my gripes is when someone means to say thaw, and they say unthaw. My response is, you're saying freeze, instead of thaw.
I feel this in my soul. I HATE when people say, "can you ITCH my back?" It's SCRATCH, as in, "can you scratch my back?". An itch is the feeling you get when your skin is irritated, a scratch is the motion you do to relieve the itch. It drives effing crazy when i hear people say.
mayonnaise and Miracle Whip are not interchangeable, they are drastically different.
It's a bland pseudo-mayonnaise loaded with corn syrup, and it's as godawful as it sounds.
Load More Replies...If anybody is wondering about the fighting in the comments... it's because here in the U.S. they decided to take SALAD DRESSING... call it "Miracle Whip" and market it as a low fat alternative to mayo and BOY OH BOY was it a genius marketing gimmick. The US is GREAT at body shaming. So now there's an entire generation and a half confused about condiments. BUT in reality it's as OP stated... THEY ARE TWO SEPARATE FOODS. Miracle Whip shouldn't be put on your burgers, it's a salad dressing... pasta SALAD, tuna SALAD, egg SALAD, things that mayo is too heavy/greasy/oily for. For burgers, sandwiches, and french fry dipping? Bring on the Helman's!
That might be something new, but they were selling this crap back in the 60s long before the low fat craze.
Load More Replies...Egg yolks, mustard, garlic, salt and oil. I made mayo recently and it was glorious.
Indeed, they are. Miracle Whip is salad dressing and sweeter than mayo.
I've heard Miracle Whip mentioned on American TV shows but I always assumed it was a version of squirty cream (based on the name). So is this saying it's more akin to mayo?
Toilet paper flap falls to the front.
People who care about which way the toilet paper must go. It goes whatever way you want it. There are important things to deal with in life. This isn’t one of them.
Did you just point out what this article is about? SMALL hills to die on...
Load More Replies...that's actually on my dating profile. Must enjoy the outdoors, quiet nights at home, and for god sakes, TP flap in front!
CORRECTION -> It stays in the back = easier to roll up the excess toilet paper!
Having done housekeeping in Hotels I agree, the TP flap goes in front. How else would we be able to do the triangular fold that indicates the bathroom was cleaned? Hanging off the back no one would see it.
My cats are learning how to open the bathroom door. (It's one of the doorknobs with the long stick thingy and they jump up and grab it)
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Fantasy football is just DND for people who like sports. Dressing up to go the Stadium is sports cosplay.
I never thought about it this way but he's not wrong. Now I can't get the image of some guy in a yankees outfit going "I CAST BASEBALL WITH MY POWERFUL BAT OF BASEBALLING!!!" out of my head.
Actually they wear their magic infused 'lucky socks'....
Load More Replies...If you know every single type of railway train, including being able to recite vital statistics about them, explain how they get sold between different railway companies, and you go out out at the weekend to watch trains, take photographs of them, and then spend the next week talking about it in intense detail with your like-minded friends at work, then you're a weird that nerd deserves merciless mockery and social exclusion. If you do exactly the same thing, but swap out the word "train" with "football team", then you're cool and ONE OF THE BOYS...
How does anyone with a life have time for this nonsense?
Load More Replies...I've been mocking sports fans for years. The majority seem to be under the same hilariously sad delusions/superstition that their cheers and watching affect the game. Fave past time.... Chanting Les habitants, Les habitants at the mile long leaf line... They get sooooo mad...
There is a difference for the players. Playing at home is much more supportive than playing away. It does wonders for their confidence, and often their enjoyment. It made a difference for me and my teammates in high school and college, even though we only played in front of small crowds. In the stadium, the cheers are just as much for the fans themselves than for the players. I went to the rugby World Cup in 2019, and the atmosphere was absolutely electric. One of my favourite experiences ever, even though my team lost!
Load More Replies...While i see what the OP is saying, I don't really think "dressing up to go to the stadium" is sports cosplay. It's showing your support. No-one is pretending to be one of the players. I mean, if you wear a t-shirt with a picture of Spider-Man on it, you aren't cosplaying as Spider-Man, are you?
We live in a country where single moms can't get paid enough to feed their kids, but men make enough to waste it on imaginary sports.
It's not a hot water heater. It's a water heater.
In real life I would never correct someone who says hot water heater when they're talking about their water heater, but it sure has been fun to do it here! Thanks for the awards and the most upvotes I've ever received and especially thanks for keeping this very important debate fun and civil!
Other common redundancies: ATM machine, shrimp scampi, pita bread, chai tea...
The water heater is the box on the wall.
Load More Replies...Once the water is already hot it will heat the hot water after it falls below a set temperature. So technically it is also a hot water heater.
Thank goodness I haven't heard someone use that where I live. It'd take me hours being like "how can it be a hot water heater? Then why do you need a heater in the first place?"
I think the differentiation comes from the East coast US, where having a single unit space-heating boiler and domestic water heater is still rather common.
Load More Replies...my antique water heater is a lukewarm water heater... needs replacement, want to come by & help?
I've never seen one of those put on the outside of the house before. Most of the on demand ones I've seen were placed on a wall near plumbing inside the house.
I live in a cold climate and they are placed inside because of that.
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I shouldn’t have to pay more for safety features in a car
I saw a Tiktok yesterday that said a car company either already has started or is thinking about charging you a subscription fee to use features in your car, like heated seats... John Deere has something like this, a farmer buys a super expensive tractor but is not allowed to fix it themselves, it has to be taken to a licensed John Deere mechanic.
This is the next sneaky move of capitalism: slowly change the definition of what it means to own something, so we get used to the idea that even after we buy something it isn't really "ours." The company still controls it.
Load More Replies...Wait until electric cars starting charging a monthly fee to turn on your AC... You know Musk is planning to do it!
Hang on: safety features or apps? I will happily pay for ABS, airbags, better restraints, better design and the like. This post makes no sense: you pay for the safety feature to be SAFER ffs . . . . .if you won't pay for them why would companies even bother to make them?
Conversely, I shouldn't have to have "safety" features forced on me by the manufacturer. Auto-braking, lane assist, radar cruise control so I can sit entirely too close? These are things I don't want or need, and all they do is encourage drivers to pay less attention and create MORE dangers.
The app-i-fication (is that a word) is coming. Fast! Prepare for a car with ALL the features in, but you'll have to activate them. Basically new cars are driving, fully connected phone/computer/tablet-things that drive. This is going to be a major money maker. Want more power? Sure, $10 a month extra
No, they just blink at a frequency us commoners can't see.
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Carpet flooring in bathrooms trigger me :/ just don’t put a carpet in a bathroom. A bath mat is fine so you don’t slip when you get out the shower but not the whole carpet floor
I thought most people thought this..? You know just on a practicality factor of not getting mold, you can wash bath mats but you can't just rip up the whole carpet and put it in the washing machine!
Carpet flooring in general are a big NOPE for me. I want a floor I can wash thoroughly whenever I want, thankyouverymuch.
Also you can decorate hard floors with neat rugs
Load More Replies...But a carpet allows you to piss anywhere and it automatically gets soaked up. 🤮
Unless it actually triggers a mental illness / disorder, don't use the word "triggered" in this way.
a million upvotes, friend. i was gonna say this
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Learn how to spell a name before you saddle a kid with it, for f**k's sake.
You misunderstand. This is how they make their child "unique" while using a massively overpopular name. Half of the boys in any given class at one point were named Jackson, so you got Jaxxon and Jaxson, and Jakkson, etc. Parents seem to forget they all SOUND exactly the same when you call them! :/
Spelling your child's name weird doesn't make them unique. Take it from me, a weirdly spelled name just gives them extra work to do when getting clerical stuff done for themselves for their entire life. If you want your kid to be unique then foster that uniqueness in their personality as they grow up, don't try to take a shortcut to making your child special.
And don't name your child something that will get them beat up at school.
Gotta love the Neveah's. It's supposed to be "heaven spelled backward," but I've seen girls whose names are heaven spelled incorrectly backwards.
No child should be named after: A food. A dance. A musical instrument. Any prominent Nazi. Anything used during sex. A fondly remembered tattoo. Insurance companies. Gambling terminology.
Macaroons are not macarons. One has coconut, and one is a sandwich cookie.
A thousand upvotes. The macaroon is awful. The macaron is, when done well, sublime. And I'd hardly rate it as a "sandwich cookie" like it's an Oreo. It's gorgeous and amazing and is not just a lot of coconut held together by sugar.
I've had both and I'll take a macaroon anytime. When done well, they are fabulous. Coconut-ma...372ad9.jpg
YES. Drives me bonkers when people call Macarons Macaroons. Macarons are like a sandwich cookie in appearance, but are delicate things made with almond flour, sugar and egg whites. Macaroons are the big, puffy dollops and are made with coconut, sugar and egg whites.
Agreed! But the macaroons everyone sees today, "big, puffy dollops" are wrong, at least to me. They should be small, one or two bites worth. In a typically 'Murican way, bigger must be better, right? So now we have these huge gut-busting monster macaroons on the market, along with the giant cookies, giant candy bars, & huge 64 ounce sodas.
Load More Replies...Your right, they are not the same. It all started out from an almond based sweet from the Arabic cuisine, that expanded to Europe. In France, they called the sweet "macaron" and would developp it further in to the recipe we know today. When English loaned the word a second o was added. With the rise of coconut imports, the almonds slowly got replaced in recipes, leading to the macaroons of today. In Europe, macarons are clearly associated with France, while macaroons have different variants with almonds or coconut (e.g. traditionnal Christmas sweets), while in the US the coconut variant is more prevalent. Blame it on the similar names and this prevalence, but the only time I ever witness confusion between macarons and macaroons is by Americans on the internet.
Macaron is the French for macaroon, the Italian term derived from the Arabic term for pasta and pastry.
Load More Replies...Everyone knows when a macaroon is and everyone knows what a macaron is I don't understand this post
Since I work in a grocery store bakery I get people almost weekly asking for "macaroons" who then get annoyed when I hand them macaroons and not fancy sandwich cookies.
Load More Replies...Not a fun of the French style ones you have to pay a lot to get really good ones.. Here you can find them color free and richer.
Thank you for making this declaration! Confectioners everywhere will back you! At the time, we'll, best of luck with the general public.
JAWS must not EVER be re-made, or retconned, or re-imagined, or re-anything. Ever.
There are about 100 films I feel the same way about. Please don't turn the Godfather into a musical on ABC. Or remake Apocalypse Now with Timothee Chalamet and Finn Wolfhard. No no no.
Wouldn't it suck if a producer read your post and was like "godfather the musical...I like the sound of that!"?
Load More Replies...Never re-do The Princess Bride. There are a shortage of perfect movies in the world; it would be a pity to damage this one
The characters made this movie. It was bad for sharks though. People can be so stupid.
Same with beetlejuice. No sequels, no remake. If it ain't broke, don't fix it!
I feel this way about so many movies. I wish people would come up with new ideas instead of remaking movies and turning them into abominations.
Any remake of any classic movie is blasphemy. This goes for sequels, too. And prequels, postquels, periquels, etc...
If you don't like being around others you're not "anti-social", you're asocial. Anti-social is the Joker.
Incredibly petty and meaningless but this always bothers me for some reason
I'm generally asocial, but large groups of people make me antisocial.
What the person is saying is that being antisocial is more of a mental illness and can be linked to borderline personality disorder and things like that serial killers are antisocial and asocial is basically being an introvert - sorry that was long
Yep. Billionaires are enough trouble already, don't need to go spawning any Batmans.
Load More Replies...My friends call me the hermit 🤣 I don't like to leave my home and I live in the middle of nowhere.
Load More Replies...The current incarnation of Joker is a psychopath. I much prefer the original version of a prankster, criminal genius.
It’s espresso. Not expresso
I used to say "Advocado" instead of "Avocado". Mine could win a lawsuit after all...
Majority of people I know actually say it as Ovacado instead of Avocado.
Load More Replies...That one makes me absolutely crazy! People need to read more and try to learn more.
Load More Replies...This should be higher. I cringe whenever I hear someone say 'expresso'. Or 'excape' for that matter. It's 'escape', there's no 'X'.
My boss once said the coffee shop had a new barrister and I was so confused!
Also, it's FRUSTRATED not FUSTRATED. You sound like an idiot when you leave out the first 'R'. I don't pretend to be the grammar police but holy hell it irks me when people leave out letters or change words completely. Like, the word is "SUPPOSEDLY" ...you don't get to change it to "SUPPOSABLY" AND sound intelligent. Just ain't gonna happen
Not all water is the same.
True. Not just for bottled water. Tap water in different cities tastes, completely different. I can't stand to drink the tap water in the city I am, currently, living.
I'm very sensitive to the taste / smell of chlorine, I can't stand it. We've got an under the sink water filter, and it does a fantastic job of filtering out all the junk.
Load More Replies...Dasani tastes like chemicals. I once heard it described as tasting like television static and I've never heard a better description of a bottled water.
Purified water tastes a little sweet. I always wondered if they added something to try to take away the chemical taste.
Load More Replies...Technically so water is the same. However, the minerals, salts and contaminants do vary!
"Water doesn't have a taste." Ohhhh yes it does. When someone says they don't like the taste of water, that's valid. All water has a taste. That's how we know we're drinking water even if our eyes are closed. And they all taste different.
Couldn't agree more, tap water is different from well water, and even then you can have two Wells that taste differently or two taps that taste differently. Pipes in a house can affect the taste, mineral content from the earth in that region, distillation process, etc.
Tap water = city water? As well are also connected to tap if you use well water...
Load More Replies...Quit leaving the freakin tail on shrimp when it’s in a pasta dish!! Also, I use the interstate that cuts through my town to get to other parts of town. Why do people think that they’re going to merge into 70 mph traffic at 45 mph. Lastly, when you get to first place at a four way stop, don’t wave people to go ahead of you!! You’re not a traffic cop. Just go when it’s your turn. I’m usually behind you wondering why “we” decided that the rules for four way stops are out the window.
Everyone has already said how water tastes different depending on location. But you can also buy different water in bottles and jugs, and they all taste different!! Purified, distilled, spring.. I have health issues my whole life. We tried some diet thing to try to help, and part of the instructions were to ONLY drink distilled water. Don't know why and I was 11 at the time, so I have no idea what we were doing. I just always thought that was kind of interesting
Freshly grated sharp cheddar cheese is better than store bought grated cheese and the difference is noticeable in the meal, especially in tacos
Yep, store bought stuff is coated in crappy anti-caking agents to stop the pieces sticking together in the bag. Nasty.
yup, that's cellulose (wood pulp). those Parmesan shakers are THE worst.
Load More Replies...Cheddar cheese on tacos?! Never! Try Oaxaca or Quesadilla cheese. Cheddar is not appropriate considering it is rarely available in Mexico.
Eat what you want. I use all kinds of different cheese on tacos.
Load More Replies...Real tacos do not have grated cheddar cheese. Real tacos come from Mexico, by the way.
Yes! It takes no time to shred a block of cheese for whatever meal you are fixing and there is no comparison; melts better, tastes better, tastes fresh.
This a big deal about nothing. I've been using preshredded cheese all my life. Never had any issues.
Every restaurant does too. So the snobbery in the comments is hilarious.
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Touch screens in cars make them worse in many ways.
Yeah, if you have knobs and buttons then you can get to the one you want by feel without ever taking your eyes off the road...
Buttons are always in the same place, and can be used without causing any distractions.
Load More Replies...My car has a central touch display for navigation and entertainement. It's pretty handy, and it is not the main control. It's not supposed to be used too much while driving anyway.
Mine too... but it's getting worse. You get cars now where there is no manual control to adjust the air vents. It can only be done via the touchscreen.
Load More Replies...Even worse when someone is attempting to drive while playing with one of those handheld touchscreens, a.k.a. "smart"phones.
THIS. I haaaaate touch screen controls in cars. They're harder to see. You have to look at them to operate. There's no physical feedback. At the very least, have it be a choice.
My car has 2 screens but I have a choice to either use the touch screen (as long as I’m parked) and using the buttons on the dash or the buttons on my steering wheel. My touch screen locks while the car is in anything other than park. But I can control it from my steering wheel so that’s what I usually do!
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I have one touch screen and that's the stereo. It has some advantages...like being able to see all the songs and scroll through easily. It also adds distraction though.
Frozen isn’t a Christmas or even a winter movie.
It is literally set in the summer, a big part of the plot is that everyone was unprepared for the summer freeze.
I will die on this hill.
I feel this about the song from the sound of music "these are a few of my favorite things". It's not a Christmas song! Why do they play it every Christmas?!
These two lines only lol: "Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes Silver-white winters that melt into springs"
Load More Replies...It was, it got ruined by being shoved down our throats CONSTANTLY
Load More Replies...Except perhaps in half of the world where Christmas is in Summer. Didn't think that one through did we?
It's more convenient to type something into Google than to say the words aloud to Alexa
Does anyone else get a weird anxiety when they have to do voice commands? Like...a sort of embarrassment?
I have never used an Alexa, and I hope never to. It's just freakish.
Load More Replies...When referring to Alexa, we refer to as "she who shall not be named". That way you don't wake her up! She gets called much worse when she doesn't do what she has been asked, particularly when it is something simple, like pause the music.
Load More Replies...I apparently have a voice that, despite my bland Midwestern accent, voice-prompt systems have trouble understanding. After repeating "TWO!" into my phone several times, I hand it to my wife.
I'm a Canadian with a barely discernable accent. No aboots heh. Voice recognition other than my phone(banks , stores surveys etc) always can't understand me and say did you mean four? Nope I said one... How that sounds similar I'll never know. I despise virtual assistants
Load More Replies...When Google Voice interjects, I tell it to shut up. I would never get an Alexa; bad enough my phone is constantly listening.
If you want to have a good laugh at the Scots' expense, google "elevator voice activated eleven scotland"
especially as it gets so many things wrong or completely misunderstands what you say
Snakes are venomous, not poisonous
If it bites you and you die, it was venomous. If you bite it and you die, it was poisonous.
But if someone else bites it and you die, it's voodoo magic
Load More Replies...This is one of my pet peeves too, but Fun Fact!! Some snakes are both venomous and poisonous because of the animals they eat, but this only applies to a few species. Also, no constricter snake (think pythons and boas) is venomous (or poisonous) as they evolved for strength.
Snakes are both. Anything that is venomous is poisonous. This misconception is common and spread by people who want to seem smart but fail. https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/poisonous?q=Poisonous+
Some snakes are both. Most are not. I also looked it up, and I can find no evidence to support your statement. You link to a dictionary definition that does not support your statement at all.(1) The Department of Wildlife (2) even says " Poisons are substances that are toxic (cause harm) if swallowed or inhaled. Venoms are generally not toxic if swallowed, and must be injected under the skin (by snakes, spiders, etc.) into the tissues that are normally protected by skin in order to be toxic." Poison is a defense. Venom is both an offense and a defense. To give a bit of truth to your statement, some venoms are still dangerous to ingest, but they are still dangerous that it getting into your bloodstream. (3) 1 https://www.nps.gov/cabr/blogs/venomous-versus-poisonous-same-thing-right-wrong.htm 2 https://ufwildlife.ifas.ufl.edu/venomous_snake_faqs.shtml 3 https://nerdfighteria.info/v/AxS0m00jFOA/
Load More Replies...You soooo wrong! Venom is a specialised type of poison that has evolved for a specific purpose. It is actively injected via a bite or sting.
Venom = deadly in vessels, Poison = deadly in pills (yes, I use alliteration to remember, pardon my simpleton-ness). Essentially Venom has to be injected, poison has to be eaten.
If it doesn't have shelves, drawers, or any storage space, it is a table. Not a desk!
Absolutely. It's hard to believe how many companies try to pass off tables as desks. I need storage! And a keyboard drawer. I don't know why keyboard drawers are so rare now.
I believe they're rare because of the rise in laptop use over PC use. I agree, a keyboard drawer is a must for good posture.
Load More Replies...I say that if you work on it for school or job it’s a desk, if you eat on it or it’s there for show it’s a table
Or a work space. If it goes up and down, it's just fun to play with
Apparently I have a computer table. IDC Having aphasia, whatever word I land on, it's that and I'm calling it good.
Greeters in shop entrances are annoying and unnecessary.
Just to clarify I’m from the UK so the American customer styles don’t work here very well since we are grumpy gooses. Our big stores (like supermarkets) don’t tend to have greeter anymore they will have security guards and customer service desks near by so you can ask questions. It’s the small shop that have them and they stand by the door watching you and jump on you the second you even look in the window.
Totally agree. Loiter outside the venue (especially restaurants), trying to entice me in and I WILL cross the road to avoid you and take my business elsewhere. It's weird, annoying and sometimes creepy.
We don't have greeters in Switzerland and I was horrified when I learned about them. I don't even like when the salesperson asks if I need assistance. Just let me look in peace and I will come and find you if I have a question.
Load More Replies...Yes! I'm in the UK too and like you say its not in all shops but doing it in any shop is annoying, really puts me off, infact so much so that it's stopped me from going into or returning to shops in the past, you feel like your being watched constantly whilst browsing, if I need help I will ask.
I've read somewhere that they do this to try to deter shoplifters. If someone speaks to you when you enter the shop, it's obvious you've been seen, so you're less likely to steal from them.
in the USA, some companies have greeters so they can offer jobs to people that are disabled, veterans, elderly. at least that's what the companies say.
Some of our stores in Australia now do this. They have no idea how many times I've chosen to buy online rather than walk past a store greeter.
Yes they do! I say no thanks but thanks for asking because they have no choice. But deep down I am beyond outraged that we are so keen on becoming little America so quickly. And we are.
Load More Replies...Since I work nights, I typically do my shopping on the way home from work around 9-10 am, when there are few other customers in the stores yet. What I really hate is how EVERY SINGLE PERSON working in a big store like Target/Walmart has to ask me if I need any help finding something -- even if they're literally ten feet away from the *last* one I just loudly said "NO" to. I know it's corporate policy making them do this, and I try really hard not to take it out on the employees doing it, but it totally makes my blood boil that they are not allowed to use their own judgement about when it is obvious at a glance that some people don't need help unless they ask for it -- and don't want to be constantly interrupted.
Though I certainly love the greeters that stand outside the pretzel store at my local mall - they always have free samples mmmmm
I don't know about you, but as an American, I actually really like them. They are a comfort for me your honor and that's all I will say
There is no need for people to say 7 am in the morning. The use of am let's us know its morning
Ow ow ow.... I, I, I smell toast. /eye twitch
Load More Replies...For the love of god just learn to use 24 hour clocks like everyone else. I'm literally begging you.
Very true. I only say both if I'm really trying to emphasize... such as: "You want me to get there at ... 6... AM? As in... THE MORNING? 6. A.M. IN THE MORNING? You're trying to kill me, aren't you."
There's no need for either "am" or "in the morning" A day has 24 hours. Don't tell me you can't count that high. It's 17 hrs is just as clear.
That's 5pm. Did you mean O700, which I've heard for 7 am.
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Everyday and every day are different. And not interchangeable.
“An everyday walk in the park” vs “I walk in the park every day.”
Why does the sign have quotation marks? And for that matter, punctuation.
Also, it's 'a lot' not 'alot'. There's no such word as 'alot'. Likewise using 'apart of' when they mean it's a part of something. Just remembered 'awhile'. This is also two words.
I want to ask people if they also write "alittle" ;)
Load More Replies...There are a lot of these. Many times the confusion comes in where there are two version of a word; another one that confuses people is hyphenated words. eg "I log in to my account" is different to "what is your account log-in?" and "they work out every day" is very different to "my everyday workout is strenuous". The differences are subtle and I get not everyone cares, but the meaning does change and sometimes it can cause confusion.
well one's a noun one's a verb right? "I log in to" = verb use. "what's your login" = noun use.
Load More Replies..."The sign is in the form of a quote because its likely the last thing you will ever hear madam"
Omg Inappropriate use of inverted commas, and apostrophes, are the hill I am prepared to die on. At birth we should all be allocated a finite supply of both. You use them all before you die? Too bad!!
Squeeze the air out of a ziploc bag before you put the bag in the fridge or freezer. I don't understand why my wife doesn't and one of these days I'll have a decision to make.
To confuse Action Figure Coroner as to time of death
Load More Replies...Some times I zip it like 95% closed, then vacuum-seal it be sucking the rest of the air out with my mouth and closing it the rest of the way. I think I might be the only weirdo who does this 😂
Nope! I do that for anything bagged in my fridge - bread, carrots...
Load More Replies...Please don't squeeze the air out of your wife's ashes before you put them in the freezer...
I thought he was implying that she would wind up in a ziploc bag with the air squeezed out of it.
Load More Replies...Squeeze the air out the bag or squeeze the air out ya wife...these are your options.
Does that decision include putting her in a ziploc bag and putting her in the freezer like the photo above?
Actual physical push buttons are way better than sensor buttons. (Like the xbox 360 sensor buttons)
I have recently been informed that they are called tactile buttons (physical) And haptic buttons (sensor) So thanks for the bit of knowledge and the awards!
Not the actual definition of the word haptic though, so if this is the case it's abad use of it.
Isn't haptic the current word for force feedback?
Load More Replies...I don’t know what’s wrong with the people in my town, but there’s some trend of kicking the hell out of the push buttons. I saw a dude roundhouse kick one clean off the pole. Total asshat. They aren’t able to do that with the auto ones
I believe the words we're all looking for is mechanical buttons vs capacitive buttons, the first bring physical the second being a sensor. Idk how many times my hubby or I've been playing and I've of our cars have turned off the Xbox by brushing against the stupid capacitive power button! We think they know...
that's not correct. Haptic buttons are buttons that provide feedback ( for example, tapping on a phone screen and getting a vibration with each tap).
I thought 'tactile' buttons were the ones with a raised surface that blind people can feel. I don't understand it but (in theUK) some buses have this on the button to ring the bell.
You can’t just go around calling every bean paste hummus.
Hummus contains (among other things) significant amounts of tahini, chickpeas, and olive oil. If it doesn’t contain these things, it is not hummus. I repeat, not hummus.
No, Ashley and Brayden from the juice bar, you don’t get to tell me that the white-bean-and-kale mush on that $13 veggie wrap is goddamn hummus.
I don't always put in tahini, but I won't call it hummus if it doesn't contain chick peas. I've made white bean dip before, and white bean spread, but neither was hummus. I do but some hummuses from the store that have white beans and are hummus because they are still mostly chick pea based.
"Hummus" means chickpeas in Arabic. Not broad beans and feta, not peanuts, not anything: just chickpeas, with garlic, lemon juice and tahini. It infuriates me when I see "carrot hummus" or similar. Plus, it's not a "dip" it's a meal, with bread and salad.
So come to the Middle East then. No one here will ever dare do that unless they wish to be severely mocked.
Turn signals should NEVER be red.
Disagree, I don't want to figure out if you're turning or just hitting the brakes. But agree with "Just use them"!
Load More Replies...i am under the impression that red turn signals are an american thing only? all our cars here, which are mostly german and japanese, are orange.
I did quite a bit of travelling and only saw them in USA. I thought someone’s brake light has faulty connection first time I saw it.
Load More Replies...Only in America. Technology Connections on YouTube did a good video on this crazy American idea.
Same with having orange lights on the side of your car that stay on- how do I know they aren't your indicators!
Agree because you do not know if they are turning or if a brake lamp is out!
Modern mustangs have the best turn indicators, and they're red. This is my hill.
Audi has a similar brake light and I like both versions.
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Mobile gaming is better when it's simple games like Angry Birds or Fruit Ninja.
I prefer to kill my time playing Brawl Stars. My games have to be complicated or else I get bored rather quickly.
I'm invested in the storyline of Lily's Garden. I can't stop playing it.
The parents from Parent Trap are WAAAY worse than the parents from Home Alone.
The parents in home alone made an honest mistake. It shouldn't happen, but I'm sure it has happened IRL. The same parents in home alone 2 need to be investigated for neglect. By the third time, they probably need to be in a nursing home!
They were pretty shitty parents to him even before they somehow forgot about him until it was too late to get him back
Load More Replies...Totally agree! And Erich Kästner (who wrote the original book on which both Parent Trap movies are loosely based) highly criticized their actions and mocked them in the novel.
Because when the parents from Parent Trap divorce they divide their twin children like they were objects.
Load More Replies...They could have put the kids up for adoption which wouldn't guarantee that they could stay together and would almost certainly have been a far worse outcome. Being an only-child to wealthy parents while separated from a twin you don't know about doesn't seem like a serious problem.
Except you have a child who thinks their non-custodial parent doesn’t give a you-know-what that they are alive.
Load More Replies...Yeah and like aw they look. The same so we get one each they are different people wtf
The Parent Trap was originally written by Erich Kastner in 1949 as "Lottie and Lisa". The first movie adaptation (starring Hayley Mills as the twins) was in 1961, so perhaps Bollywood were the copiers?
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There's a difference between doing well and doing good.
The brown dog has terrible grammar, hence the headlock.
Load More Replies...Superman does good. You're doing well. You need to study your grammar, son.
this is an americanism. "Doing well" = "I am healthy". "Doing good" = I am a charity worker.
"figure out the difference, irony is not coincidence. When are you getting it through your skull, what's figurative and what's literal..." - weird Al, word crimes
I am well (adverb) (i currently have no illness) where as good is an adjective. I am not a Good singer. nit picking, i know.
If asked "How are you?" the answer is "Well, thank you." not "good". "Good" describes behaviour not health.
Sexy lyrics in a song does not make the song inherently sexy
I am so sick of sexy songs. Give me "The Sun Is A Mass Of Incandescent Gas" anyday.
I am so sick of love and sexy songs that I am now making a song about the number 729
Load More Replies...Or a slow, soulful melody make it a love song. I know this dates me, but "More than words" is about getting the girl to put out, not her loving him.
That's why I listen to metal. I don't care about your sex life.
Sing along with me: Sex dwarf, isn't it nice? Luring disco dollies to a life of vice.
🤣 I haven't thought of that song in forever!!
Load More Replies...That reggae song from the 90s makes me cringe still - “girl I wanna make you sweat 🎶 sweat till can’t take no more “ - the only lyrics I want to type out, you know the rest 🤮
Chronicles of Narnia should be read in the order they were written not the chronological order they are being published nowadays.
The author knew the whole story, so at that point the order doesn't matter. But if you don't already know the story, written order actually makes sense. Chronological order is a dumpster fire of references to things you don't know yet.
But aren't they in the order the author wanted them now? I thought that's why they aren't in that order anymore?
I've heard that, but if that's true, Lewis was wrong.
Load More Replies...I get your point but honestly, you could read them backwards and they'd still be truly awesome!
Agree- but the start of Magicians Nephew is hard to get through if you are young (or it was for me at 10)
It's like watching the Star Wars movies on the chronological order. Just no
Anything with glitter can f**k right off
I love glittery and sparkly things but I do understand the environmental impact and the mess it can make. The biodegradable glitter needs to be cheaper so we can still get our glitter fix.
Glitter is fabulous. But I agree, most are not good for the environment. And like confetti, you'll still find some in your underwear two month later.
Load More Replies...I like the way glitter looks. However, I do not allow glitter in it's raw form into my house! I wish I could say the same for markers, paints and liquid glue, but my kids are artists and my perfectionistic side lost a lot of battles...
glitter is aluminium with a layer of plastic cut up into tiny squares. it's basically microplastics. Ban it please.
Anything with loose glitter, agreed. That gets everywhere. But anything where it's contained is fine.
Sesame Oil is better than Truffle Oil, and it's not even close.
This is like pepper is better than cinnamon. These are completely different thing used in very different dishes.
Right. And the quality of each oil also makes a big difference, especially with truffel oil. Does it countain real truffels or synthetic crap.
Load More Replies...Maybe it's better than the truffle oil he can find in his country
I hope he means for a particular dish, otherwise this makes no sense
No one knows the difference between lose and loose or choose and chose anymore. I don't correct people bc that's annoying but I don't understand how it's been lost.
I'd upvote a million times if I could. Autofill is the culprit I suspect. "It looks like it sounds like it" syndrome?
Load More Replies...People who want a 'vegan' interior on a car as they 'care' about the environment but don't mind driving at speed splattering other life forms on the front of the car.
it's the caring about the environment while using plastic things and cynically calling them 'vegan' that gets to me. Use mushroom leather. or literally ANYTHING OTHER THAN FOSSIL FUELS, CHARISSE.
Load More Replies......and you use it at the ATM, not the "ATM machine."
Load More Replies...Devastate means to destroy something. Decimate means to destroy only 1/10 of something. Stop using decimate when you mean devastate. Even people all over the news get this one wrong. So wrong. I WILL die on this molehill.
"Who's" means who is and "whose" means who does this belong to? Everyone just uses who's
Please for all that holy learn grammar spelling and punctuation. Even if you're not very smart you can do this. Its what separates us as civilized beings. i.e. littler is not a word and yet google has now recognized it as a word due to rampant ignorance.
Webster dictionary has officially changed the definition of the word "literally" to include today's more common misuse of it to mean figuratively or virtually. So there's literally no word for literally anymore!
Load More Replies...Insure vs Ensure. Makes my brain hurt every time I see them misused (mostly when Insure misplaces ensure).
my pet hate is apostrophes. It's really not hard to get it right. The rules: if the S is to make the noun plural, then there's no apostrophe. If there is a missing word or letter, like "is", or the O of "not", then there IS an apostrophe. If it's a pronoun (his, hers, theirs) then there's no apostrophe, except for "one" (neutral singular case), where it's debatable. If it's possessive case (genitive), then there's an apostrophe. If it's plural and genitive, the apostrophe is there but comes after the S. If it's an acronym, like CD or DVD, and you want plural, just use -s and keep the acronym in caps. There you go.
Apostrophes are used for two reasons, either omission or possession. So if a letter is omitted, (left out) that's one reason, or if something belongs to someone or something, that's the other reason. Some people seem compelled to use an apostrophe every time there is a letter "s", and it drives me mad! I confess I've never heard the word "genitive" before, but maybe that's because I'm in the UK.
Load More Replies...At my office building there's a bank of 10 elevators. The person who has to stick their hand in to stop this elevator from closing instead of waiting for the next one.
No one knows the difference between lose and loose or choose and chose anymore. I don't correct people bc that's annoying but I don't understand how it's been lost.
I'd upvote a million times if I could. Autofill is the culprit I suspect. "It looks like it sounds like it" syndrome?
Load More Replies...People who want a 'vegan' interior on a car as they 'care' about the environment but don't mind driving at speed splattering other life forms on the front of the car.
it's the caring about the environment while using plastic things and cynically calling them 'vegan' that gets to me. Use mushroom leather. or literally ANYTHING OTHER THAN FOSSIL FUELS, CHARISSE.
Load More Replies......and you use it at the ATM, not the "ATM machine."
Load More Replies...Devastate means to destroy something. Decimate means to destroy only 1/10 of something. Stop using decimate when you mean devastate. Even people all over the news get this one wrong. So wrong. I WILL die on this molehill.
"Who's" means who is and "whose" means who does this belong to? Everyone just uses who's
Please for all that holy learn grammar spelling and punctuation. Even if you're not very smart you can do this. Its what separates us as civilized beings. i.e. littler is not a word and yet google has now recognized it as a word due to rampant ignorance.
Webster dictionary has officially changed the definition of the word "literally" to include today's more common misuse of it to mean figuratively or virtually. So there's literally no word for literally anymore!
Load More Replies...Insure vs Ensure. Makes my brain hurt every time I see them misused (mostly when Insure misplaces ensure).
my pet hate is apostrophes. It's really not hard to get it right. The rules: if the S is to make the noun plural, then there's no apostrophe. If there is a missing word or letter, like "is", or the O of "not", then there IS an apostrophe. If it's a pronoun (his, hers, theirs) then there's no apostrophe, except for "one" (neutral singular case), where it's debatable. If it's possessive case (genitive), then there's an apostrophe. If it's plural and genitive, the apostrophe is there but comes after the S. If it's an acronym, like CD or DVD, and you want plural, just use -s and keep the acronym in caps. There you go.
Apostrophes are used for two reasons, either omission or possession. So if a letter is omitted, (left out) that's one reason, or if something belongs to someone or something, that's the other reason. Some people seem compelled to use an apostrophe every time there is a letter "s", and it drives me mad! I confess I've never heard the word "genitive" before, but maybe that's because I'm in the UK.
Load More Replies...At my office building there's a bank of 10 elevators. The person who has to stick their hand in to stop this elevator from closing instead of waiting for the next one.
