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

submitted 3 months ago by notnotmike@programming.dev to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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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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[-] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 76 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I think fewer of people when they misuse words. Their not that hard too tail a part.

[-] waz@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

The word "demo" is used as an abbreviation for both demolish and demonstrate. I like to assume the wrong option whenever possible.

Example:

Salesman: Would you like to demo our product?

Me: Hell yeah! Let me get my sledge and a Sawzall.

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Similar for “doc”: are we correcting the documentation or correcting the doctor? …. Picturing myself spending hours updating the doctor on my latest API changes hahahaha

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

The less people they’re are whom do that, the batter

[-] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Eye Haight too brake it two ewe..

[-] zerofk@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

Most painful upvote of my life.

[-] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

So far! Got to stay optometrist!

[-] Redfox8@mander.xyz 2 points 3 months ago

Wye wood yew bee sew firkin tuff? Dare knot grate two this miss.

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