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[-] bardmoss@linux.community 213 points 1 year ago

Pedant warning: your last phrase should contain "than", not "then".

[-] Emerald@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Indeed. I literally never use the word "than". Fuck grammar, "than" looks weird.

I never say "than", I say "then", therefore it just seems right to spell it how I always say it.

Edit: I wonder what the most downvoted comment is on Lemmy World, am I making history?

Edit: I'm concerned for everyone who upvoted this

[-] then_three_more@lemmy.world 75 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's not grammar it's an entitlement different word. It would be like refusing to call a dog a dog because you think it sounds better to call it a cat.

Edit - you know what, I'm leaving that auto correct in. Entitlement looks better here to me than entirely.

[-] Sebbe@lemmy.sebbem.se 51 points 1 year ago

I laterally never use the word "entirely". Fuck grandma, "entirely" looks weird.

I never say "entirely", I say "entitlement", therefore it just seems right to spell it how I always say it.

[-] themusicman@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

I think you meant "literally". Laterally is a complacently different word

[-] then_three_more@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

I think you meant "completely". Complacently is a completely diffident word.

I thank you meant "completely", which is totally different to "complacently"

[-] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago

I think you moan "think", which is totally different to "thank"

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[-] then_three_more@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Almost perfect.

Fuck grandma, "entirely" looks wired. Wood be chiefs kiss.

[-] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 53 points 1 year ago

Consider this: when you speak the listeners know what you mean based on the rest of the sentence. When you write you give the reader the intended word through spelling. People who read will see your words and assume you really meant "then" instead of "than", and the sentence will make little sense.
The words "I" and "eye" sound similar, but if you write "eye" I will read a sentence first thinking you are trying to say something about an eye, then when it breaks down, go back and find the issue. End that my friend is less then eye-deal for comprehension.

[-] palordrolap@kbin.social 29 points 1 year ago

Unforchunetly, Ingglish speling duzn't laiyn up with saowndz wun-tuh-wun.

Spelling things how you say them can lead to people misunderstanding or causing unintended(?) pain.

[-] Petter1@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

We write our language (swiss-german) like this ๐Ÿ˜‚ everything is allowed and there are strangely very little misunderstandings. Only bad thing about is, that swiping keyboard rarely work with it.

[-] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 11 points 1 year ago

And us german-germans think you are very weird and you might as well call your spoken language something other than german, cause no one can understand it anyways. Also why are you so afraid of this: รŸ?

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[-] rezifon@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You literally used the word "than" in your comment just now.

[-] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I hope this does not affect your usage of effect in the correct context.

As a former copy editor I find the effect of using affect incorrectly eye roll inducing.

But yeah, affect is a verb, effect is a noun.

The easy rule of thumb for then/than is that if you are comparing things or qualities or quantities of things, you use than, otherwise, then is used.

[-] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

I thought there would be a hyphen between โ€œeyeโ€ and โ€œrollโ€, no?

[-] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 year ago

lol, you are correct!

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

But yeah, affect is a verb, effect is a noun.

Unless you are effecting a change :)

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[-] akakunai@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The literal way to read what you wrote is to never ask Flatpak, in order:

  1. how it can download more
  2. the total file size

The only reason no one thinks this is what you mean is because of how many people also mess this up.

[-] Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

~~"Language is fluid and constantly changing"~~

Our education system is in the toilet and I didn't pay attention ๐Ÿ˜‚

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[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Upvoted because you have the sort of can do wonโ€™t do attitude that made American English great. Emerald for dictionarian!

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[-] MrSoup@lemmy.zip 159 points 1 year ago

FLASH
Are you using a white theme terminal? I hope it's just an edited screenshot.

[-] Emerald@lemmy.world 58 points 1 year ago
[-] lessthanluigi@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

Based and anti-dark-theme-cult-pilled

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 year ago

Bantha Fodder

[-] FrankTheHealer@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

What the fuck is wrong with you lol

[-] BCsven@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

Consider Solarized Light, its is easier on the eyes

[-] ulterno@lemmy.kde.social 8 points 1 year ago

The name "Solarized" suggests otherwise.

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[-] Hildegarde@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Light theme used to be the only theme. People now need dark themes because they're eyes are too week from all the worke.

[-] Hupf@feddit.de 54 points 1 year ago
[-] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 1 year ago

And before that, black text printed on white continuous form paper.

[-] d_k_bo@feddit.de 31 points 1 year ago

Paper doesn't fry my eyeballs.

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

You could turn down the brightness lol

[-] Hupf@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago

Now I'm wondering if historically people started writing on blackboards first or in paper. Etching into wood/stone doesn't count since it lacks contrast.

[-] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 1 year ago

If you look at the Lascaux cave paintings, there's great potential for a soft earthy color theme imho. Black and red on off-white, similar colors as medieval vellum with black ink and vermillion red/orange.

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[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 70 points 1 year ago

We'll update the 200 mb program.

not pictured: the other 500mb of libraries and dependencies that tag along.

[-] Montagge@lemmy.zip 52 points 1 year ago

I also enjoy needing to download 1GB to update a 14MB program

[-] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The race never stopped. You buy an Apple II. It works for a while. Then everyone is running Lotus 1-2-3 so you gotta get an expensive 386. Now Windows 3.1 and 95 is the standard, and you need Internet too so you buy a modem and a Pentium machine for a couple grand. It's okay for a while. Then downloads take longer and longer, and your computer gets slower again, so you upgrade to 6mbps cable internet and an AMD athlon/Pentium 4, and Windows XP. It's okay for a while. But then games and software no longer fit on a CD ROM. They're using DVDs, and the space they take up on your HD is approaching tens of GB. Suddenly you need to upgrade to 25mbps internet and a terabyte drive to keep up with the space requirements and updates/service packs. You're on a multi core CPU now because nobody fucking optimizes shit anymore and assumes you have the horsepower to deal with it. Then they get rid of physical media altogether. Now you're stuck downloading a fucking several hundred gigabyte game or piece of software on a 100+mbps connection to do largely the same shit we did on that Apple II in 1980. Your system RAM alone can now hold all software ever made for that Apple II with plenty room to spare.

I get why a lot of retirees in the industry want to burn their computers and take up farming.

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