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What's the most petty/pointless/pedantic hill you're willing to die on? (programming.dev)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Loose and lose bother me. When I see these words used incorrectly, I become mildly irritated.

I figuratively would of had fewer of a reaction if less persons made that missed steak… literally.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

As a fellow stickler of poor spelling/grammar, that last line made me twitch.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

I too loose it when people can't get the difference, it's like c'mon, you can't be so lose with your words

Sorry, couldn't help myself 😁

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Do non native speakers get a pass, or at the very least some slack? I mess it up now and then.

People who can’t get «couldn’t care less» right should be eternally incarcerated. It’s not poor grammar, just stupid.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Of course non-natives get some slack, especially if they reddit