#petpeeve — Public Fediverse posts

"let's" versus "lets"

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https://www.grammarly.com/blog/commonly-confused-words/lets-vs-lets/

"let's" versus "lets"

#PetPeeve

https://www.grammarly.com/blog/commonly-confused-words/lets-vs-lets/

Virtue signaling is a real thing, but 100% of what right wingers and neoliberals call "virtue signaling" is not virtue signaling at all.

#PetPeeve #MyUnpopularOpinion

Virtue signaling is a real thing, but 100% of what right wingers and neoliberals call "virtue signaling" is not virtue signaling at all.

#PetPeeve #MyUnpopularOpinion

I know I've asked this many times before, but why wish happy birthday to someone who is dead? They can't hear you. They can't have a happy birthday. They can't have a sad birthday. All emotion and thought is non-existent now. They're gone.

#PetPeeve

I know I've asked this many times before, but why wish happy birthday to someone who is dead? They can't hear you. They can't have a happy birthday. They can't have a sad birthday. All emotion and thought is non-existent now. They're gone.

#PetPeeve

Language #PetPeeve:

This might only be an Irish/British thing but “the morning after the night before” IS THE DAY OF THE EVENT, not the day after.

Ok, ye may all carry on with whatever ye were up to.

Dass man in Deutschland lieber AntiHi als AntiFa ist, schreiben hier ja schon genügend Leute, daher von mir aus gegebenem Anlass nur der Hinweis: "Gedenken" immer mit Genitiv!!!

#PetPeeve #20Juli

Dass man in Deutschland lieber AntiHi als AntiFa ist, schreiben hier ja schon genügend Leute, daher von mir aus gegebenem Anlass nur der Hinweis: "Gedenken" immer mit Genitiv!!!

#PetPeeve #20Juli

#petpeeve Speisekarten, die wirklich alles alles alles mit einem Adjektiv versehen müssen... Unter cremigem Joghurt, knusprigem Müsli und würziger Sauce machen sie es nicht.

#petpeeve Speisekarten, die wirklich alles alles alles mit einem Adjektiv versehen müssen... Unter cremigem Joghurt, knusprigem Müsli und würziger Sauce machen sie es nicht.

I know it's a stupid pet peeve.

But I am so sick of current internet slang. The two worst offenders are "We're cooked" and "The math ain't mathin'."

Use your words, people. I beg of you.

#Language #Slang #InternetSlang #PetPeeve

I know it's a stupid pet peeve.

But I am so sick of current internet slang. The two worst offenders are "We're cooked" and "The math ain't mathin'."

Use your words, people. I beg of you.

#Language #Slang #InternetSlang #PetPeeve

Let a lady with an off leash dog pass me on the trail earlier, and just now she passed me going back: she’s leashed the dog to her waist now but is loudly carrying on a FaceTime call as she walks. Very few people can manage to be BOTH my least favorite park-sharers in one day! Astonishing!

#kvetching
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Let a lady with an off leash dog pass me on the trail earlier, and just now she passed me going back: she’s leashed the dog to her waist now but is loudly carrying on a FaceTime call as she walks. Very few people can manage to be BOTH my least favorite park-sharers in one day! Astonishing!

#kvetching
#PetPeeve

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Dear English speakers (especially Americans);

There are no countries named eye-rack 👁️🎾 or eye-ran 👁️🏃‍♂️

They're pronounced more like e-rock and e-ron. Neither is difficult to pronounce. Stop being deliberately ignorant, disrespectful asses.

#PetPeeve

Dear English speakers (especially Americans);

There are no countries named eye-rack 👁️🎾 or eye-ran 👁️🏃‍♂️

They're pronounced more like e-rock and e-ron. Neither is difficult to pronounce. Stop being deliberately ignorant, disrespectful asses.

#PetPeeve

Ah, the never-ending, ear-splitting screeching of unsupervised children in the neighbour's backyard.

I can't wait until I'm old enough to not be able to hear that frequency any more.

#OtherPeoplesKids #parents #annoyance #PetPeeve

Ah, the never-ending, ear-splitting screeching of unsupervised children in the neighbour's backyard.

I can't wait until I'm old enough to not be able to hear that frequency any more.

#OtherPeoplesKids #parents #annoyance #PetPeeve

A thing that would make me happy is if fedizens could stop using the wrong person.
I would love it if people could use first person (I) when talking about themselves and second person (you) only when talking about a specific other person.
Too much omniscient pov and too much giving the world advice that they actually need for themselves.
Oh well...

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A thing that would make me happy is if fedizens could stop using the wrong person.
I would love it if people could use first person (I) when talking about themselves and second person (you) only when talking about a specific other person.
Too much omniscient pov and too much giving the world advice that they actually need for themselves.
Oh well...

#petPeeve

What's "CoPilot"? #PetPeeve

What's "CoPilot"? #PetPeeve

The number of people who pronounce "camouflage" as "camel-flage" is too damned high.

#lingustics #words #petpeeve #langauge #grammar #pedantry

The number of people who pronounce "camouflage" as "camel-flage" is too damned high.

#lingustics #words #petpeeve #langauge #grammar #pedantry

My brain melts whenever I read signposting meta-text in a research article adhering to the standard IMRaD structure. I get using it with an unconventional structure, but oh boy, do I want to throw a paper into the bin when I read:

"In the Data and Methodology section, we describe the data and methodology we use in this work".

You don't say? I would have never guessed!

#academia #PetPeeve

My brain melts whenever I read signposting meta-text in a research article adhering to the standard IMRaD structure. I get using it with an unconventional structure, but oh boy, do I want to throw a paper into the bin when I read:

"In the Data and Methodology section, we describe the data and methodology we use in this work".

You don't say? I would have never guessed!

#academia #PetPeeve

Facebook Reels too!

#Facebook #PetPeeve

Facebook Reels too!

#Facebook #PetPeeve

Hugest recent peeve: Why can't YouTube Shorts have timestamps?! Why? Creators are posting timely videos where the day and possibly the time it was posted matters.

#YouTube #PetPeeve

Hugest recent peeve: Why can't YouTube Shorts have timestamps?! Why? Creators are posting timely videos where the day and possibly the time it was posted matters.

#YouTube #PetPeeve

There is a special place in hell for everyone involved in designing, producing, and selling toilet paper that is so narrow that you can't wipe your ass without getting shit on your hand. 😡
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There is a special place in hell for everyone involved in designing, producing, and selling toilet paper that is so narrow that you can't wipe your ass without getting shit on your hand. 😡
#PetPeeve

For the love of God, please don't say "24 business hours" when what you actually mean is "one business day."
"24 business hours" is three business days, you idiots.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
#PetPeeve

For the love of God, please don't say "24 business hours" when what you actually mean is "one business day."
"24 business hours" is three business days, you idiots.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
#PetPeeve

#Mastodon #really? #PetPeeve

#Mastodon #really? #PetPeeve

Josh Allen describes his habit that never fails to annoy Hailee Steinfeld

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen couldn’t help but laugh while sharing a Hailee Steinfeld pet peeve. “Anytime she…
#NFL #BuffaloBills #Buffalo #Bills #DenverBroncos #Football #HaileeSteinfeld #JoshAllen #petpeeve
https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/898843/

Josh Allen describes his habit that never fails to annoy Hailee Steinfeld https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/898843/ #Bills #Buffalo #BuffaloBills #BuffaloBills #DenverBroncos #Football #HaileeSteinfeld #JoshAllen #NFL #PetPeeve

I wish generalist historians and writers would stop using “plebeian” and “patrician” when talking about ancient Rome. I’m a non-scholar Rome nerd and I don’t have all the answers, but I DO know that the usage varied hugely over time: and that in much discussed eras, many actual plebeians were in high office and flush with wealth! By Cicero’s time it was like asking whether your ancestors were in the fashionable cabins on the Mayflower or rode steerage. (1/2)

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I wish generalist historians and writers would stop using “plebeian” and “patrician” when talking about ancient Rome. I’m a non-scholar Rome nerd and I don’t have all the answers, but I DO know that the usage varied hugely over time: and that in much discussed eras, many actual plebeians were in high office and flush with wealth! By Cicero’s time it was like asking whether your ancestors were in the fashionable cabins on the Mayflower or rode steerage. (1/2)

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@VeroniqueB99 This picture of text could've been text.

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@VeroniqueB99 This picture of text could've been text.

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#PetPeeve applications that ask you to reboot right after a boot for an update #OnlyOnWindows

#PetPeeve applications that ask you to reboot right after a boot for an update #OnlyOnWindows

My grandparents on my mother's side were born in the 1900s. I was born in the 1970s. These are absolutely not the same thing.

#PetPeeve #HillToDieOn

My grandparents on my mother's side were born in the 1900s. I was born in the 1970s. These are absolutely not the same thing.

#PetPeeve #HillToDieOn

Was the emergency that the the pilots had mistakenly taken a Boeing 787 Dreamliner instead of the little Q300 turboprop that might actually have room to land at Gisborne?
🤔 #PetPeeve

I honestly wonder why LED display manufacturers - especially portable displays - think buyers want crappy quality, monoaural speakers built into their displays.

Either provide decent audio through the speakers you include or don't do it at all.
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